On Wed, Jun 15, 2016 at 03:53:15PM +0800, Beilei Xing wrote:
> This patch sets the Host Interface PHY token command
> checksum to the checksum default of 0xFF, therefore
> the checksum is not checked by the firmware. Otherwise
> the command fails with a checksum failed error.
>
I think this needs a fuller explanation. Why does the command need a checksum,
and why is the checksum failing? I see in patch 14 makes a similar fix in the
same file, so I think perhaps those two patches should be merged - especially
since patch 14 just claims to fix firmware commands generically.
/Bruce
> Fixes: 86b8fb293fdf ("ixgbe/base: add sw-firmware sync for resource sharing
> on X550em_a")
>
> Signed-off-by: Beilei Xing
> ---
> drivers/net/ixgbe/base/ixgbe_x550.c | 2 ++
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ixgbe/base/ixgbe_x550.c
> b/drivers/net/ixgbe/base/ixgbe_x550.c
> index 8a5b1dc..36df3c3 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ixgbe/base/ixgbe_x550.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ixgbe/base/ixgbe_x550.c
> @@ -1041,6 +1041,7 @@ s32 ixgbe_get_phy_token(struct ixgbe_hw *hw)
> token_cmd.hdr.cmd = FW_PHY_TOKEN_REQ_CMD;
> token_cmd.hdr.buf_len = FW_PHY_TOKEN_REQ_LEN;
> token_cmd.hdr.cmd_or_resp.cmd_resv = 0;
> + token_cmd.hdr.checksum = FW_DEFAULT_CHECKSUM;
> token_cmd.port_number = hw->bus.lan_id;
> token_cmd.command_type = FW_PHY_TOKEN_REQ;
> token_cmd.pad = 0;
> @@ -1071,6 +1072,7 @@ s32 ixgbe_put_phy_token(struct ixgbe_hw *hw)
> token_cmd.hdr.cmd = FW_PHY_TOKEN_REQ_CMD;
> token_cmd.hdr.buf_len = FW_PHY_TOKEN_REQ_LEN;
> token_cmd.hdr.cmd_or_resp.cmd_resv = 0;
> + token_cmd.hdr.checksum = FW_DEFAULT_CHECKSUM;
> token_cmd.port_number = hw->bus.lan_id;
> token_cmd.command_type = FW_PHY_TOKEN_REL;
> token_cmd.pad = 0;
> --
> 2.5.0
>
