[PATCH 2/4] net/macb: add comment in macb_probe_queues
Nicolas Ferre
nicolas.ferre at atmel.com
Fri Mar 27 08:34:10 PDT 2015
As we access the MID register directly, we need to tell why
we don't use the macb_is_gem() dedicated function.
Signed-off-by: Nicolas Ferre <nicolas.ferre at atmel.com>
---
drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb.c | 8 ++++++--
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb.c
index b710768172d9..bc3eab95022f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb.c
@@ -2161,9 +2161,13 @@ static void macb_probe_queues(void __iomem *mem,
*queue_mask = 0x1;
*num_queues = 1;
- /* is it macb or gem ? */
+ /* is it macb or gem ?
+ *
+ * We need to read directly from the hardware here because
+ * we are early in the probe process and don't have the
+ * MACB_CAPS_MACB_IS_GEM flag positioned
+ */
mid = readl_relaxed(mem + MACB_MID);
-
if (MACB_BFEXT(IDNUM, mid) < 0x2)
return;
--
2.1.3
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