netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 06/10] amd-xgbe: Set DMA mask based on hardware register value

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Message-ID: <550B1B26.8000204@amd.com>
Date:	Thu, 19 Mar 2015 13:53:26 -0500
From:	Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@....com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
CC:	<David.Laight@...LAB.COM>, <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 06/10] amd-xgbe: Set DMA mask based on hardware
 register value

On 03/19/2015 01:43 PM, David Miller wrote:
> From: Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@....com>
> Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2015 12:40:05 -0500
>
>> Except this version of the hardware can't return a 3
>
> Yep, I've never _ever_ seen HW return garbage in a register.
>
> Nope.
>
> No reason to every program defensively for that.

Point taken :-).  I'll add a default to 32 bit and submit v2.

Thanks,
Tom

>
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