}
/*
- * Always leave the hardware in multicast mode when doing reads
- * (see comment about Wa_22013088509 below) and only change it
- * to unicast mode when doing writes of a specific instance.
+ * Always leave the hardware in multicast mode when doing reads and only
+ * change it to unicast mode when doing writes of a specific instance.
+ *
+ * The setting of the multicast/unicast bit usually wouldn't matter for
+ * read operations (which always return the value from a single register
+ * instance regardless of how that bit is set), but some platforms may
+ * have workarounds requiring us to remain in multicast mode for reads,
+ * e.g. Wa_22013088509 on PVC. There's no real downside to this, so
+ * we'll just go ahead and do so on all platforms; we'll only clear the
+ * multicast bit from the mask when explicitly doing a write operation.
*
* No need to save old steering reg value.
*/