Re: [PATCH v2] ioat: remove chanerr mask setting for IOAT v3.x

[Vinod Koul]

On Wed, Nov 28, 2012 at 03:46:08AM +0530, Jiang, Dave wrote:
> The existing code set a value in the PCI_CHANERRMSK_INT register
> for a workaround to address a pre-silicon bug on the Intel 5520 IO hub that
> has been fixed when the hardware was released. There is no need for this
> code.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Dave Jiang <dave.jiang@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> 
>  drivers/dma/ioat/dma_v3.c |    7 +------
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 6 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/dma/ioat/dma_v3.c b/drivers/dma/ioat/dma_v3.c
> index f7f1dc6..fda3b8a1 100644
> --- a/drivers/dma/ioat/dma_v3.c
> +++ b/drivers/dma/ioat/dma_v3.c
> @@ -1126,12 +1126,7 @@ static int ioat3_reset_hw(struct ioat_chan_common *chan)
>  	chanerr = readl(chan->reg_base + IOAT_CHANERR_OFFSET);
>  	writel(chanerr, chan->reg_base + IOAT_CHANERR_OFFSET);
>  
> -	/* -= IOAT ver.3 workarounds =- */
> -	/* Write CHANERRMSK_INT with 3E07h to mask out the errors
> -	 * that can cause stability issues for IOAT ver.3, and clear any
> -	 * pending errors
> -	 */
What is this code based against? i dont have above lines in -rc1 or my next?

> -	pci_write_config_dword(pdev, IOAT_PCI_CHANERRMASK_INT_OFFSET, 0x3e07);
> +	/* clear any pending errors */
>  	err = pci_read_config_dword(pdev, IOAT_PCI_CHANERR_INT_OFFSET, &chanerr);
>  	if (err) {
>  		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "channel error register unreachable\n");
> 
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