RE: [E1000-devel] [patch] igb: cleanup igb_enable_mas() a bit

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I have a fix for this already, if Dan doesn't mind.

Todd Fujinaka
Software Application Engineer
Networking Division (ND)
Intel Corporation
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-----Original Message-----
From: Wyborny, Carolyn 
Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2015 11:07 AM
To: Fujinaka, Todd; Kirsher, Jeffrey T; Dan Carpenter
Cc: e1000-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; kernel-janitors@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Allan, Bruce W; Brandeburg, Jesse; Linux NICS; Ronciak, John
Subject: RE: [E1000-devel] [patch] igb: cleanup igb_enable_mas() a bit

[..]
> I'm looking into this and while the code fix is correct, I'm not sure 
> the underlying code is correct.
> 
> Unfortunately, the person who knows the most about this is out for 
> spring break. Can we hold off on this patch?

Yes, the intended fix is good.  In addition though, I think igb_enable_mas() should be changed to void and the call to it also modified, since there's no way to fail the enable.  A previous implementation had a way to fail, but the current does not.

Thanks,

Carolyn
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