bce(4) with IPMI [puzzling and puzzling]

[YongHyeon PYUN]

On Fri, Oct 07, 2011 at 02:23:10PM -0700, David Christensen wrote:
> > > so, I cracked open my R410 this morning to see what the Ethernet
> > chipset
> > > had for a indentification mark.  It is definitely stamped as a
> > BCM5716,
> > > so I'm confused.
> > >
> > > bce(4) has code to handle the 5716 chipset, but its never being
> > executed
> > > AFAIK.  What's going on here?
> > >
> > 
> > I guess BCE_CHIP_NUM() returns 0x5709 for 5709 and 5716
> > controllers. I don't know why bce(4) explicitly checks 5716 from
> > the BCE_MISC_ID register. Public data sheet indicates CHIP_NUM bits
> > have 0x5909 for 5716(NetXtremeII-PG203-R pp229).
> > To me 5716 is virtually the same as 5709 except for not supporting
> > TOE and iSCSI offloading.
> > 
> 
> That's a typo then, 5709 and 5716 share the same ASIC ID.
> 

Thanks for confirmation.
Could you review the attached patch?

> Dave
> 
> 
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