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authorMichael Chan <mchan@broadcom.com>2007-08-28 15:39:42 -0700
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2007-08-28 15:39:42 -0700
commit594a9dfae7113d9601b2c353754c40d0b7e00a03 (patch)
treedc9f35d62d17a8e18502de826b7f0af37b7a285a /drivers
parent8e54588161577435d64dfb5cfdf40a73a5705ea0 (diff)
[BNX2]: Add write posting comment.
Add comment to explain why we cannot read back after chip reset before delaying. Signed-off-by: Michael Chan <mchan@broadcom.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers')
-rw-r--r--drivers/net/bnx2.c4
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/bnx2.c b/drivers/net/bnx2.c
index 00918602ba8..854d80c330e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bnx2.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bnx2.c
@@ -3934,6 +3934,10 @@ bnx2_reset_chip(struct bnx2 *bp, u32 reset_code)
/* Chip reset. */
REG_WR(bp, BNX2_PCICFG_MISC_CONFIG, val);
+ /* Reading back any register after chip reset will hang the
+ * bus on 5706 A0 and A1. The msleep below provides plenty
+ * of margin for write posting.
+ */
if ((CHIP_ID(bp) == CHIP_ID_5706_A0) ||
(CHIP_ID(bp) == CHIP_ID_5706_A1))
msleep(20);