On 5/6/2016 7:07 AM, Beilei Xing wrote: > For X540 and forward it is possible if a system reset occur at the > right time to leave the SWFW semaphore high. This new function will > attempt to grab and release the semaphore. If the grab times out it > will still release the semaphore placing it in a known good state. > The idea is to call this when you know no one should be holding the > semaphore (i.e. probe time) > This patch alse fixes possible race issue between ports when issuing typo: alse
> host interface command by acquiring/releasing the management host > interface semaphore in ixgbe_host_interface_command. > > Signed-off-by: Beilei Xing <beilei.xing at intel.com> > --- ...