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authorBruce Allan <bruce.w.allan@intel.com>2010-05-10 15:00:50 +0000
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2010-05-12 23:31:11 -0700
commit757c530407a92fd460d557af59ba86920cf025cb (patch)
treeb6b11d1f0dac4539fd050383d619eac29df9f58d /drivers/net/e1000e
parent9c5e209d4ba00eb09922f0f56136474372395c2b (diff)
downloadlinux-757c530407a92fd460d557af59ba86920cf025cb.tar.gz
e1000e: Remove EN_MAC_ADDR_FILTER check from enable_mng_pass_thru check
Patch addresses issues when manageability passthrough is enabled, but the
MAC_ADDR_FILTER bit is not set in the MANC register.

Signed-off-by: Bruce Allan <bruce.w.allan@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/net/e1000e')
-rw-r--r--drivers/net/e1000e/lib.c8
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/e1000e/lib.c b/drivers/net/e1000e/lib.c
index b0d2a60aa490..b32361dc340e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/e1000e/lib.c
+++ b/drivers/net/e1000e/lib.c
@@ -2515,10 +2515,11 @@ s32 e1000e_mng_write_dhcp_info(struct e1000_hw *hw, u8 *buffer, u16 length)
 }
 
 /**
- *  e1000e_enable_mng_pass_thru - Enable processing of ARP's
+ *  e1000e_enable_mng_pass_thru - Check if management passthrough is needed
  *  @hw: pointer to the HW structure
  *
- *  Verifies the hardware needs to allow ARPs to be processed by the host.
+ *  Verifies the hardware needs to leave interface enabled so that frames can
+ *  be directed to and from the management interface.
  **/
 bool e1000e_enable_mng_pass_thru(struct e1000_hw *hw)
 {
@@ -2528,8 +2529,7 @@ bool e1000e_enable_mng_pass_thru(struct e1000_hw *hw)
 
 	manc = er32(MANC);
 
-	if (!(manc & E1000_MANC_RCV_TCO_EN) ||
-	    !(manc & E1000_MANC_EN_MAC_ADDR_FILTER))
+	if (!(manc & E1000_MANC_RCV_TCO_EN))
 		return ret_val;
 
 	if (hw->mac.arc_subsystem_valid) {