Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 29 Aug 2010 19:42:39 -0700 | Subject | Re: [PATCH] e1000e: Intel 82571EB: Don't wait for MNG cycle on unmanaged chips | From | Jeff Kirsher <> |
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On Fri, Aug 27, 2010 at 12:10, Kyle Moffett <Kyle.D.Moffett@boeing.com> wrote: > The Intel 82571EB chipset can be used in an unmanaged configuration as a > fast dual-port Gig-E controller. Unfortunately 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. As a protection against > misconfigured chipsets, we still delay for the entire management poll > timeout. > > Signed-off-by: Kyle Moffett <Kyle.D.Moffett@boeing.com> > --- > drivers/net/e1000e/82571.c | 7 +++++++ > 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) >
Thanks Kyle, I have added the patch to my queue.
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