Re: [PATCH] e1000e: Intel 82571EB: Don't wait for MNG cycle onunmanaged chips

[Jeff Kirsher]

On Fri, Aug 27, 2010 at 12:10, Kyle Moffett <Kyle.D.Moffett@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> The Intel 82571EB chipset can be used in an unmanaged configuration as a
> fast dual-port Gig-E controller. ÂUnfortunately a board constructed that
> way would fail to correctly come up because the driver polls for the
> completion of a management cycle that will never occur.
>
> To resolve this problem, we disable the poll and error return on chips
> whose EEPROMs indicate no management. ÂAs a protection against
> misconfigured chipsets, we still delay for the entire management poll
> timeout.
>
> Signed-off-by: Kyle Moffett <Kyle.D.Moffett@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Âdrivers/net/e1000e/82571.c | Â Â7 +++++++
> Â1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>

Thanks Kyle, I have added the patch to my queue.

-- 
Cheers,
Jeff
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