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authorKonrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com>2012-08-13 15:39:10 -0400
committerKonrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com>2012-08-13 15:39:10 -0400
commit0980bd9cd32de2fef7eaa2858345c49d14498625 (patch)
tree41f5f823d0569a81b22037e79c22d823933a63f1 /drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e100.c
parent78821b2c0299ab807d483802f09897728b93bce0 (diff)
parent0d7614f09c1ebdbaa1599a5aba7593f147bf96ee (diff)
Merge commit 'v3.6-rc1' into linux-next
* commit 'v3.6-rc1': (9532 commits) Linux 3.6-rc1 mm: remove node_start_pfn checking in new WARN_ON for now ARM: mmp: add missing irqs.h arm: mvebu: fix typo in .dtsi comment for Armada XP SoCs ARM: PRIMA2: delete redundant codes to restore LATCHED when timer resumes libceph: fix crypto key null deref, memory leak ceph: simplify+fix atomic_open sh: explicitly include sh_dma.h in setup-sh7722.c um: Add arch/x86/um to MAINTAINERS um: pass siginfo to guest process um: fix ubd_file_size for read-only files md/dm-raid: DM_RAID should select MD_RAID10 md/raid1: submit IO from originating thread instead of md thread. raid5: raid5d handle stripe in batch way raid5: make_request use batch stripe release um: pull interrupt_end() into userspace() um: split syscall_trace(), pass pt_regs to it um: switch UPT_SET_RETURN_VALUE and regs_return_value to pt_regs MIPS: Loongson 2: Sort out clock managment. locks: remove unused lm_release_private ...
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e100.c')
-rw-r--r--drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e100.c40
1 files changed, 31 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e100.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e100.c
index ada720b42ff6..535f94fac4a1 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e100.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e100.c
@@ -1249,20 +1249,35 @@ static const struct firmware *e100_request_firmware(struct nic *nic)
const struct firmware *fw = nic->fw;
u8 timer, bundle, min_size;
int err = 0;
+ bool required = false;
/* do not load u-code for ICH devices */
if (nic->flags & ich)
return NULL;
- /* Search for ucode match against h/w revision */
- if (nic->mac == mac_82559_D101M)
+ /* Search for ucode match against h/w revision
+ *
+ * Based on comments in the source code for the FreeBSD fxp
+ * driver, the FIRMWARE_D102E ucode includes both CPUSaver and
+ *
+ * "fixes for bugs in the B-step hardware (specifically, bugs
+ * with Inline Receive)."
+ *
+ * So we must fail if it cannot be loaded.
+ *
+ * The other microcode files are only required for the optional
+ * CPUSaver feature. Nice to have, but no reason to fail.
+ */
+ if (nic->mac == mac_82559_D101M) {
fw_name = FIRMWARE_D101M;
- else if (nic->mac == mac_82559_D101S)
+ } else if (nic->mac == mac_82559_D101S) {
fw_name = FIRMWARE_D101S;
- else if (nic->mac == mac_82551_F || nic->mac == mac_82551_10)
+ } else if (nic->mac == mac_82551_F || nic->mac == mac_82551_10) {
fw_name = FIRMWARE_D102E;
- else /* No ucode on other devices */
+ required = true;
+ } else { /* No ucode on other devices */
return NULL;
+ }
/* If the firmware has not previously been loaded, request a pointer
* to it. If it was previously loaded, we are reinitializing the
@@ -1273,10 +1288,17 @@ static const struct firmware *e100_request_firmware(struct nic *nic)
err = request_firmware(&fw, fw_name, &nic->pdev->dev);
if (err) {
- netif_err(nic, probe, nic->netdev,
- "Failed to load firmware \"%s\": %d\n",
- fw_name, err);
- return ERR_PTR(err);
+ if (required) {
+ netif_err(nic, probe, nic->netdev,
+ "Failed to load firmware \"%s\": %d\n",
+ fw_name, err);
+ return ERR_PTR(err);
+ } else {
+ netif_info(nic, probe, nic->netdev,
+ "CPUSaver disabled. Needs \"%s\": %d\n",
+ fw_name, err);
+ return NULL;
+ }
}
/* Firmware should be precisely UCODE_SIZE (words) plus three bytes