[PATCH] forcedeth: add recoverable error support
authorAyaz Abdulla <aabdulla@nvidia.com>
Mon, 30 Oct 2006 22:32:01 +0000 (17:32 -0500)
committerJeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
Sat, 2 Dec 2006 05:12:01 +0000 (00:12 -0500)
commitc5cf9101fefae32df654da5f0e736ffbe28aefdc
tree0591d2a2b9f3a71dd0a7bece85d74505a25af5ec
parent7e680c22c0579f1db7b84a7b155755a2754f9557
[PATCH] forcedeth: add recoverable error support

This patch adds support to recover from a previously fatal MAC error. In
the past the MAC would be hung on an internal fatal error. On new
chipsets, the MAC has the ability to enter a non-fatal state and allow
the driver to re-init it.

Signed-Off-By: Ayaz Abdulla <aabdulla@nvidia.com>
Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
drivers/net/forcedeth.c