RE: [PATCH] igb: Workaround for igb i210 firmware issue.

From: Brown, Aaron F
Date: Mon Nov 07 2016 - 18:55:44 EST


> From: netdev-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:netdev-
> owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Chris J Arges
> Sent: Wednesday, November 2, 2016 7:14 AM
> To: jh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: intel-wired-lan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Chris J Arges
> <christopherarges@xxxxxxxxx>; Kirsher, Jeffrey T
> <jeffrey.t.kirsher@xxxxxxxxx>; netdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-
> kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [PATCH] igb: Workaround for igb i210 firmware issue.
>
> Sometimes firmware may not properly initialize I347AT4_PAGE_SELECT
> causing
> the probe of an igb i210 NIC to fail. This patch adds an addition zeroing of
> this register during igb_get_phy_id to workaround this issue.
>
> Thanks for Jochen Henneberg for the idea and original patch.
>
> Signed-off-by: Chris J Arges <christopherarges@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/e1000_phy.c | 4 ++++
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

Tested-by: Aaron Brown <aaron.f.brown@xxxxxxxxx>