On Sun, 2007-06-03 at 11:51 -0400, Jeff Garzik wrote: > Mithlesh Thukral wrote: > > NetXen: Fix initialization and subsequent ping issue > > This patch will fix the initialization and ping issues seen on > > certain PPC architecture blades. > > > > Signed-off by: Wen Xiong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Signed-off by: Mithlesh Thukral <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > --- > > > > drivers/net/netxen/netxen_nic_main.c | 7 +++++++ > > drivers/net/netxen/netxen_nic_niu.c | 8 ++------ > > 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) > > Again, your patch description is useless. > > You should describe the problem being fixed, and how/why the changes > seen in the patch actually fix the issue. > Hi Jeff,
Ping problem description: After we moved up netxen adapter's firmware to 3.4.19, we saw this ping problem on x/pBlade. After configured interface up, ping -c 1 10.10.10.10 failed. Netxen adapter couldn't accept ARP broadcast packet somehow. If I manually added MAC address in the ARP table, then ping start working. netxen adapter should finish initilization after system boot. But on some platform, looks netxen adapter didn't initilization correctly after system boot up, so have to re-load the firmware again in probe routine. Also re-initilization netxen_config_0 and netxen_config_1 registers. Let me know if you have any question for this patch. Thanks Wendy Xiong - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
