e1000e: NVM write protect access removed from SPT HW
authorYanir Lubetkin <yanirx.lubetkin@intel.com>
Sat, 21 Mar 2015 00:41:53 +0000 (17:41 -0700)
committerJeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com>
Sat, 21 Mar 2015 00:44:25 +0000 (17:44 -0700)
The call to e1000e_write_protect_nvm_ich8lan() is no longer supported by HW.
Access to these registers causes a system freeze in A step hardware and is
ignored in B step hardware. This function must not be called in hardware
newer than LPT.

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>
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/netdev.c