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ixl(4)/ixlv(4): Remove a couple unnecessary register writes/flushes.
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Authored by erj on Feb 5 2016, 11:09 PM.
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The one in ixl_xmit() has been brought up to us frequently.

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erj retitled this revision from to ixl(4)/ixlv(4): Remove a couple unnecessary register writes/flushes..
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sbruno added inline comments.
sys/dev/ixl/ixl_txrx.c
393

I can press the "I believe" button if you have audited the call path here and you really don't need a flush here.

This revision is now accepted and ready to land.Feb 11 2016, 11:06 PM
sys/dev/ixl/ixl_txrx.c
393

No other driver on our side does this; and people have brought this up a lot. Removing it doesn't seem to have caused any issues so far.