On Fri, Aug 27, 2010 at 12:10, Kyle Moffett <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> > --- > drivers/net/e1000e/82571.c | 7 +++++++ > 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) >
Thanks Kyle, I have added the patch to my queue. -- Cheers, Jeff ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Sell apps to millions through the Intel(R) Atom(Tm) Developer Program Be part of this innovative community and reach millions of netbook users worldwide. Take advantage of special opportunities to increase revenue and speed time-to-market. Join now, and jumpstart your future. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-atom-d2d _______________________________________________ E1000-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/e1000-devel To learn more about Intel® Ethernet, visit http://communities.intel.com/community/wired
