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authorBruce Allan <bruce.w.allan@intel.com>2009-11-20 23:26:24 +0000
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2009-11-21 11:34:14 -0800
commit84efb7b968ab91d0099620865b3f563eb0ddf5a6 (patch)
tree03de89614de2b041320e54cc74727293d1ff0b47
parentfe4016746d2c0b3b690f5d1921c826d14008b118 (diff)
e1000e: provide comment for 82571 workaround
Signed-off-by: Bruce Allan <bruce.w.allan@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
-rw-r--r--drivers/net/e1000e/82571.c7
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/e1000e/82571.c b/drivers/net/e1000e/82571.c
index 7cdf1768afa..0e8aa3441b9 100644
--- a/drivers/net/e1000e/82571.c
+++ b/drivers/net/e1000e/82571.c
@@ -1114,6 +1114,13 @@ static void e1000_initialize_hw_bits_82571(struct e1000_hw *hw)
reg |= (1 << 22);
ew32(GCR, reg);
+ /*
+ * Workaround for hardware errata.
+ * apply workaround for hardware errata documented in errata
+ * docs Fixes issue where some error prone or unreliable PCIe
+ * completions are occurring, particularly with ASPM enabled.
+ * Without fix, issue can cause tx timeouts.
+ */
reg = er32(GCR2);
reg |= 1;
ew32(GCR2, reg);