[ofa-general] Re: [PATCH] net/mlx4: modify sw reset

[Roland Dreier]

 > > Also is it worth taking the semaphore in the mthca reset function?
 > 
 > Why not? PRM says we should - the point of this is protecting against someone
 > accidentally touching flash while device is reset,
 > which will result is hangs, system errors or even data corruption.

OK... that was just my subtle way of asking for a patch to do that.