+/**
+ * ixgbe_init_swfw_sync_X540 - Release hardware semaphore
+ * @hw: pointer to hardware structure
+ *
+ * This function reset hardware semaphore bits for a semaphore that may
+ * have be left locked due to a catastrophic failure.
+ **/
+void ixgbe_init_swfw_sync_X540(struct ixgbe_hw *hw)
+{
+ /* First try to grab the semaphore but we don't need to bother
+ * looking to see whether we got the lock or not since we do
+ * the same thing regardless of whether we got the lock or not.
+ * We got the lock - we release it.
+ * We timeout trying to get the lock - we force its release.
+ */
+ ixgbe_get_swfw_sync_semaphore(hw);
+ ixgbe_release_swfw_sync_semaphore(hw);
+}
+