netdev - Re: [PATCH net] net: dsa: bcm_sf2: fix 64-bits register reads

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Date:	Fri, 20 Feb 2015 17:52:58 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	f.fainelli@...il.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] net: dsa: bcm_sf2: fix 64-bits register reads

From: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2015 11:09:27 -0800

> Reading 64-bits register was not working because we inverted the steps
> between reading the lower 32-bits of the register and reading the upper
> 32-bits. Swapping these operations is how the HW guarantees that 64-bits
> reads are latched correctly. We only have a handful of 64-bits registers
> for now, mostly MIB counters, so the imapct is low.
> 
> Fixes: 246d7f773c13 ("net: dsa: add Broadcom SF2 switch driver")
> Signed-off-by: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>

Applied, thanks Florian.
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