e1000e: NVM write protect access removed from SPT HW

Yanir Lubetkin · Jeff Kirsher · commit 152c0a976c71 · 2015-03-20T17:44:25.000-07:00
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 &lt;yanirx.lubetkin@intel.com&gt;
Tested-by: Aaron Brown &lt;aaron.f.brown@intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher &lt;jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com&gt;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/netdev.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/netdev.c
@@ -6874,7 +6874,8 @@ static int e1000_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *ent)
 		goto err_hw_init;
 
 	if ((adapter->flags & FLAG_IS_ICH) &&
-	    (adapter->flags & FLAG_READ_ONLY_NVM))
+	    (adapter->flags & FLAG_READ_ONLY_NVM) &&
+	    (hw->mac.type < e1000_pch_spt))
 		e1000e_write_protect_nvm_ich8lan(&adapter->hw);
 
 	hw->mac.ops.get_bus_info(&adapter->hw);
