netxen: avoid frequent firmware reset
Restrict firmware reset to following cases - o chip rev is NX2031 (firmare doesn't support heartbit). o firmware is dead. o previous attempt to init firmware had failed. o we have got newer file firmware. This speeds up module load tremendously (by upto 8 sec), also avoids downtime for NCSI (management) pass-thru traffic. Signed-off-by:Dhananjay Phadke <dhananjay@netxen.com> Signed-off-by:
David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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- drivers/net/netxen/netxen_nic.h 3 additions, 1 deletiondrivers/net/netxen/netxen_nic.h
- drivers/net/netxen/netxen_nic_hdr.h 1 addition, 0 deletionsdrivers/net/netxen/netxen_nic_hdr.h
- drivers/net/netxen/netxen_nic_init.c 78 additions, 8 deletionsdrivers/net/netxen/netxen_nic_init.c
- drivers/net/netxen/netxen_nic_main.c 4 additions, 0 deletionsdrivers/net/netxen/netxen_nic_main.c
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