sky2: remove unneede workaround
authorStephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com>
Tue, 3 Feb 2009 11:27:27 +0000 (11:27 +0000)
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Tue, 3 Feb 2009 23:08:34 +0000 (15:08 -0800)
This workaround is not needed. It was inherited from sk98lin driver but only
applies to an early development version of the chip that is not supported
by sky2.  The workaround required an unnecessary pci read which hurts performance

Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
drivers/net/sky2.c

index 994703c..db92508 100644 (file)
@@ -2687,13 +2687,6 @@ static int sky2_poll(struct napi_struct *napi, int work_limit)
                        goto done;
        }
 
-       /* Bug/Errata workaround?
-        * Need to kick the TX irq moderation timer.
-        */
-       if (sky2_read8(hw, STAT_TX_TIMER_CTRL) == TIM_START) {
-               sky2_write8(hw, STAT_TX_TIMER_CTRL, TIM_STOP);
-               sky2_write8(hw, STAT_TX_TIMER_CTRL, TIM_START);
-       }
        napi_complete(napi);
        sky2_read32(hw, B0_Y2_SP_LISR);
 done: