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authorSathya Perla <sathyap@serverengines.com>2010-04-11 22:35:27 +0000
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2010-04-13 03:32:43 -0700
commit69d7ce72b926d4ceeacd2b7b9ffcbc37ae4b1c58 (patch)
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parent127aa0e14b3e1f8476c4781facdfac11d5546872 (diff)
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be2net: clarify promiscuous cmd with a comment
The promiscous cmd config code gives an impression that setting a port to promisc mode will unset the other port. This is not the case and is clarified with a comment. Signed-off-by: Sathya Perla <sathyap@serverengines.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
-rw-r--r--drivers/net/benet/be_cmds.c4
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/benet/be_cmds.c b/drivers/net/benet/be_cmds.c
index da8793026bb1..e79bf8b9af3b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/benet/be_cmds.c
+++ b/drivers/net/benet/be_cmds.c
@@ -1113,6 +1113,10 @@ int be_cmd_promiscuous_config(struct be_adapter *adapter, u8 port_num, bool en)
be_cmd_hdr_prepare(&req->hdr, CMD_SUBSYSTEM_ETH,
OPCODE_ETH_PROMISCUOUS, sizeof(*req));
+ /* In FW versions X.102.149/X.101.487 and later,
+ * the port setting associated only with the
+ * issuing pci function will take effect
+ */
if (port_num)
req->port1_promiscuous = en;
else