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authorYanir Lubetkin <yanirx.lubetkin@intel.com>2015-02-28 10:09:34 +0000
committerJeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com>2015-03-06 02:47:07 -0800
commit9d17ce493a3ef1b140a4c831ba72fb435576c75a (patch)
tree623ae9ff63166b21c49b06ca3c71c980fbe9bb17 /drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e
parent23375a0fd549aa0a8c96b9f56a0b8120ae1389dd (diff)
e1000e: fix obscure comments
The interface to the device flash was modified in i219 and later HW. This patch better describes the change and the impact on the driver. CC: John W Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> Reported-by: John W Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> Signed-off-by: Yanir Lubetkin <yanirx.lubetkin@intel.com> Tested-by: Aaron Brown <aaron.f.brown@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e')
-rw-r--r--drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/ich8lan.c12
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/ich8lan.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/ich8lan.c
index 7523f510c7e4..9d81c0317433 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/ich8lan.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/ich8lan.c
@@ -603,12 +603,15 @@ static s32 e1000_init_nvm_params_ich8lan(struct e1000_hw *hw)
u16 i;
u32 nvm_size;
- /* Can't read flash registers if the register set isn't mapped. */
nvm->type = e1000_nvm_flash_sw;
- /* in SPT, gfpreg doesn't exist. NVM size is taken from the
- * STRAP register
- */
+
if (hw->mac.type == e1000_pch_spt) {
+ /* in SPT, gfpreg doesn't exist. NVM size is taken from the
+ * STRAP register. This is because in SPT the GbE Flash region
+ * is no longer accessed through the flash registers. Instead,
+ * the mechanism has changed, and the Flash region access
+ * registers are now implemented in GbE memory space.
+ */
nvm->flash_base_addr = 0;
nvm_size = (((er32(STRAP) >> 1) & 0x1F) + 1)
* NVM_SIZE_MULTIPLIER;
@@ -618,6 +621,7 @@ static s32 e1000_init_nvm_params_ich8lan(struct e1000_hw *hw)
/* Set the base address for flash register access */
hw->flash_address = hw->hw_addr + E1000_FLASH_BASE_ADDR;
} else {
+ /* Can't read flash registers if register set isn't mapped. */
if (!hw->flash_address) {
e_dbg("ERROR: Flash registers not mapped\n");
return -E1000_ERR_CONFIG;