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-rw-r--r--drivers/net/ks8851.c3
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/ks8851.c b/drivers/net/ks8851.c
index 23783586435..18b17a1deb1 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ks8851.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ks8851.c
@@ -1239,6 +1239,9 @@ static int __devinit ks8851_probe(struct spi_device *spi)
ndev->netdev_ops = &ks8851_netdev_ops;
ndev->irq = spi->irq;
+ /* issue a global soft reset to reset the device. */
+ ks8851_soft_reset(ks, GRR_GSR);
+
/* simple check for a valid chip being connected to the bus */
if ((ks8851_rdreg16(ks, KS_CIDER) & ~CIDER_REV_MASK) != CIDER_ID) {