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netxen: avoid frequent firmware reset

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Restrict firmware reset to following cases -

o chip rev is NX2031 (firmare doesn't support heartbit).
o firmware is dead.
o previous attempt to init firmware had failed.
o we have got newer file firmware.

This speeds up module load tremendously (by upto 8 sec),
also avoids downtime for NCSI (management) pass-thru
traffic.

Signed-off-by: Dhananjay Phadke <dhananjay@netxen.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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Dhananjay Phadke
2009-07-01 11:41:43 +00:00
committed by David S. Miller
parent 98e31bb009
commit 67c38fc61a
4 changed files with 86 additions and 9 deletions
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drivers/net/netxen/netxen_nic_main.c
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@@ -718,6 +718,10 @@ netxen_start_firmware(struct netxen_adapter *adapter, int request_fw)
if (request_fw)
netxen_request_firmware(adapter);
err = netxen_need_fw_reset(adapter);
if (err <= 0)
return err;
if (first_boot != 0x55555555) {
NXWR32(adapter, CRB_CMDPEG_STATE, 0);
netxen_pinit_from_rom(adapter, 0);