e1000e: fix obscure comments
The interface to the device flash was modified in i219 and later HW.
This patch better describes the change and the impact on the driver.
CC: John W Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Reported-by: John W Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Signed-off-by: Yanir Lubetkin <yanirx.lubetkin@intel.com>
Tested-by: Aaron Brown <aaron.f.brown@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com>
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/ich8lan.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/ich8lan.c
index 7523f51..9d81c03 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/ich8lan.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/ich8lan.c
@@ -603,12 +603,15 @@
u16 i;
u32 nvm_size;
- /* Can't read flash registers if the register set isn't mapped. */
nvm->type = e1000_nvm_flash_sw;
- /* in SPT, gfpreg doesn't exist. NVM size is taken from the
- * STRAP register
- */
+
if (hw->mac.type == e1000_pch_spt) {
+ /* in SPT, gfpreg doesn't exist. NVM size is taken from the
+ * STRAP register. This is because in SPT the GbE Flash region
+ * is no longer accessed through the flash registers. Instead,
+ * the mechanism has changed, and the Flash region access
+ * registers are now implemented in GbE memory space.
+ */
nvm->flash_base_addr = 0;
nvm_size = (((er32(STRAP) >> 1) & 0x1F) + 1)
* NVM_SIZE_MULTIPLIER;
@@ -618,6 +621,7 @@
/* Set the base address for flash register access */
hw->flash_address = hw->hw_addr + E1000_FLASH_BASE_ADDR;
} else {
+ /* Can't read flash registers if register set isn't mapped. */
if (!hw->flash_address) {
e_dbg("ERROR: Flash registers not mapped\n");
return -E1000_ERR_CONFIG;