As it stands now, this fix will not change the current functionality
of the code. In addition, we remove the comment that seemed to be
a copy/paste from a separate implementation.
Signed-off-by: Jeb Cramer <jeb.j.cra...@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Guinan Sun <guinanx....@intel.com>
---
drivers/net/e1000/base/e1000_ich8lan.c | 7 -------
1 file changed, 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/e1000/base/e1000_ich8lan.c
b/drivers/net/e1000/base/e1000_ich8lan.c
index b79e3bad8..9b9cc7d90 100644
--- a/drivers/net/e1000/base/e1000_ich8lan.c
+++ b/drivers/net/e1000/base/e1000_ich8lan.c
@@ -4113,13 +4113,6 @@ STATIC s32 e1000_update_nvm_checksum_spt(struct e1000_hw
*hw)
if (ret_val)
goto release;
- /* And invalidate the previously valid segment by setting
- * its signature word (0x13) high_byte to 0b. This can be
- * done without an erase because flash erase sets all bits
- * to 1's. We can write 1's to 0's without an erase
- */
- act_offset = (old_bank_offset + E1000_ICH_NVM_SIG_WORD) * 2 + 1;
-
/* offset in words but we read dword*/
act_offset = old_bank_offset + E1000_ICH_NVM_SIG_WORD - 1;
ret_val = e1000_read_flash_dword_ich8lan(hw, act_offset, &dword);
--
2.17.1
