Make the hardware perceive the RX descriptor ring as a 
null-terminated linked list, instead of a circular ring.

Signed-off-by: Linas Vepstas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: James K Lewis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: Arnd Bergmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

----
 drivers/net/spider_net.c |   10 ++++------
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

Index: linux-2.6.19-git7/drivers/net/spider_net.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.19-git7.orig/drivers/net/spider_net.c     2006-12-06 
16:03:20.000000000 -0600
+++ linux-2.6.19-git7/drivers/net/spider_net.c  2006-12-06 16:05:48.000000000 
-0600
@@ -389,9 +389,13 @@ spider_net_prepare_rx_descr(struct spide
                card->spider_stats.rx_iommu_map_error++;
                descr->dmac_cmd_status = SPIDER_NET_DESCR_NOT_IN_USE;
        } else {
+               descr->next_descr_addr = 0;
                wmb();
                descr->dmac_cmd_status = SPIDER_NET_DESCR_CARDOWNED |
                                         SPIDER_NET_DMAC_NOINTR_COMPLETE;
+
+               wmb();
+               descr->prev->next_descr_addr = descr->bus_addr;
        }
 
        return 0;
@@ -1676,12 +1680,6 @@ spider_net_open(struct net_device *netde
                                        + card->num_tx_desc * sizeof(struct 
spider_net_descr),
                                  card->num_rx_desc);
 
-       descr = card->rx_chain.head;
-       do {
-               descr->next_descr_addr = descr->next->bus_addr;
-               descr = descr->next;
-       } while (descr != card->rx_chain.head);
-
        /* allocate rx skbs */
        if (spider_net_alloc_rx_skbs(card))
                goto alloc_skbs_failed;
-
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