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[PATCH] powerpc/cell spidernet

Remove a dummy register read that is not needed.
This reduces CPU usage notably during transmit.

Signed-off-by: Linas Vepstas <linas@austin.ibm.com>
Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Cc: James K Lewis <jklewis@us.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
Linas Vepstas 19 years ago
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      drivers/net/spider_net.c

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drivers/net/spider_net.c

@@ -759,8 +759,6 @@ spider_net_release_tx_chain(struct spider_net_card *card, int brutal)
 	unsigned long flags;
 	int status;
 
-	spider_net_read_reg(card, SPIDER_NET_GDTDMACCNTR);
-
 	while (chain->tail != chain->head) {
 		spin_lock_irqsave(&chain->lock, flags);
 		descr = chain->tail;