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| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_ethtool.c | 6 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_ethtool.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_ethtool.c index 32d0f1435fb4..92a467ff4104 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_ethtool.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_ethtool.c @@ -1639,6 +1639,12 @@ static int bnx2x_nvram_write(struct bnx2x *bp, u32 offset, u8 *data_buf, memcpy(&val, data_buf, 4); + /* Notice unlike bnx2x_nvram_read_dword() this will not + * change val using be32_to_cpu(), which causes data to flip + * if the eeprom is read and then written back. This is due + * to tools utilizing this functionality that would break + * if this would be resolved. + */ rc = bnx2x_nvram_write_dword(bp, offset, val, cmd_flags); /* advance to the next dword */ |