[PATCH] Several patches against linuxppc_devel-2.4.18-pre9

[Armin]

Stefan Roese wrote:
> Armin and David,
>
>
>>The ethernet changes look fine.  there was on other change regarding
>>resetting the EMAC. The ethernet part can go in as is our we can wait
>>until tomorrow when I send in that change + multi emac irq fix.
>>
>
> I checked the EMAC/PHY patch on our board (CPCI-405 with Intel LXT971), and
> the driver seems to start without problems without ethernet cable connected,
> when the EMAC soft-reset command is removed from the init routine.
>
> With the soft-reset in init still implemented, "fec_enet_mdio_read()"
> returns with timeout, waiting for transfer to complete. The next soft-reset
> in open leads to the same problem (timeout in mdio_read()), but doesn't lead
> to a kernel panik.
>
> So Armin, could you please remove the soft-reset from init (if nobody
> objects, of cause).
>
> Best regards,
> Stefan Roese
>
>
>
>
>

Stefan, David & Andrew,

Thanks

I will remove the EMAC soft-reset.

--armin


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