Loading firmware during PCI probe can lead to incorrect initialization,
rendering the card unusable until next reboot. This was introduced a while
ago as a workaround for firmware bug, a better workaround was submitted for
this a while ago. So removing original hack that loads firmware during probe.
Signed-off by: Dhananjay Phadke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Index: netdev-2.6/drivers/net/netxen/netxen_nic_main.c
===================================================================
--- netdev-2.6.orig/drivers/net/netxen/netxen_nic_main.c
+++ netdev-2.6/drivers/net/netxen/netxen_nic_main.c
@@ -639,10 +639,6 @@ netxen_nic_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, c
NETXEN_CRB_NORMALIZE(adapter,
NETXEN_ROMUSB_GLB_PEGTUNE_DONE));
/* Handshake with the card before we register the devices. */
- writel(0, NETXEN_CRB_NORMALIZE(adapter, CRB_CMDPEG_STATE));
- netxen_pinit_from_rom(adapter, 0);
- msleep(1);
- netxen_load_firmware(adapter);
netxen_phantom_init(adapter, NETXEN_NIC_PEG_TUNE);
}
--
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