[U-Boot-Users] [patch 1/1] try to fix problem on the trizeps board DM9000 error: status check fail: 0x6d

[Ben Warren]

Remy,

On Tue, Jun 3, 2008 at 11:14 AM, Remy Bohmer <remy at bohmer.net> wrote:
> According to the Application Notes of the DM9000, only the 2 bits 0:1 of
> the status byte need to be checked to identify a valid packet in the fifo
>
> But, The several different Application Notes do not all speak the same
> language on these bits. They do not disagree, but only 1 Application Note
> noted explicitly that only these 2 bits need to be checked.
> Even the datasheets do not mention anything about these 2 bits.
>
> Because the old code, and the kernel check the whole byte, I left this piece
> untouched.
>
> However, I tested all board/DM9000[A|E|EP] devices with this 2 bit check, so
> it should work.
>
> Notice, that the 2nd iteration through this receive loop (when a 2nd packet is
> in the fifo) is much shorter now, compared to the older U-boot driver code,
> so that we can maybe run into a hardware condition now that was never seen
> before, or maybe was seen very unfrequently.
>
> Signed-off-by: Remy Bohmer <linux at bohmer.net>
>

I can't get this to apply.  Please re-base after applying your 6-patch
set and the one that changes the order of rx status processing (or
against the current net tree would be even better).

regards,
Ben