direction, opcode);
 }
 
-void ipa_cmd_tag_process_add(struct gsi_trans *trans)
+/* Add immediate commands to a transaction to clear the hardware pipeline */
+void ipa_cmd_pipeline_clear_add(struct gsi_trans *trans)
 {
        struct ipa *ipa = container_of(trans->gsi, struct ipa, gsi);
        struct ipa_endpoint *endpoint;
 
-       endpoint = ipa->name_map[IPA_ENDPOINT_AP_LAN_RX];
-
+       /* Issue a no-op register write command (mask 0 means no write) */
        ipa_cmd_register_write_add(trans, 0, 0, 0, true);
+
+       /* Send a data packet through the IPA pipeline.  The packet_init
+        * command says to send the next packet directly to the exception
+        * endpoint without any other IPA processing.  The tag_status
+        * command requests that status be generated on completion of
+        * that transfer, and that it will contain the given tag value.
+        * Finally, the transfer command sends a small packet of data
+        * (instead of a command) using the command endpoint.
+        */
+       endpoint = ipa->name_map[IPA_ENDPOINT_AP_LAN_RX];
        ipa_cmd_ip_packet_init_add(trans, endpoint->endpoint_id);
        ipa_cmd_ip_tag_status_add(trans, 0xcba987654321);
        ipa_cmd_transfer_add(trans, 4);
 }
 
-/* Returns the number of commands required for the tag process */
-u32 ipa_cmd_tag_process_count(void)
+/* Returns the number of commands required to clear the pipeline */
+u32 ipa_cmd_pipeline_clear_count(void)
 {
        return 4;
 }
 
-void ipa_cmd_tag_process(struct ipa *ipa)
+void ipa_cmd_pipeline_clear(struct ipa *ipa)
 {
-       u32 count = ipa_cmd_tag_process_count();
+       u32 count = ipa_cmd_pipeline_clear_count();
        struct gsi_trans *trans;
 
        trans = ipa_cmd_trans_alloc(ipa, count);
        if (trans) {
-               ipa_cmd_tag_process_add(trans);
+               ipa_cmd_pipeline_clear_add(trans);
                gsi_trans_commit_wait(trans);
        } else {
                dev_err(&ipa->pdev->dev,
 
                                u16 size, dma_addr_t addr, bool toward_ipa);
 
 /**
- * ipa_cmd_tag_process_add() - Add IPA tag process commands to a transaction
+ * ipa_cmd_pipeline_clear_add() - Add pipeline clear commands to a transaction
  * @trans:     GSI transaction
  */
-void ipa_cmd_tag_process_add(struct gsi_trans *trans);
+void ipa_cmd_pipeline_clear_add(struct gsi_trans *trans);
 
 /**
- * ipa_cmd_tag_process_add_count() - Number of commands in a tag process
+ * ipa_cmd_pipeline_clear_count() - # commands required to clear pipeline
  *
  * Return:     The number of elements to allocate in a transaction
- *             to hold tag process commands
+ *             to hold commands to clear the pipeline
  */
-u32 ipa_cmd_tag_process_count(void);
+u32 ipa_cmd_pipeline_clear_count(void);
 
 /**
- * ipa_cmd_tag_process() - Perform a tag process
- *
- * @Return:    The number of elements to allocate in a transaction
- *             to hold tag process commands
+ * ipa_cmd_pipeline_clear() - Clear the hardware pipeline
  */
-void ipa_cmd_tag_process(struct ipa *ipa);
+void ipa_cmd_pipeline_clear(struct ipa *ipa);
 
 /**
  * ipa_cmd_trans_alloc() - Allocate a transaction for the command TX endpoint
 
         * That won't happen, and we could be more precise, but this is fine
         * for now.  We need to end the transaction with a "tag process."
         */
-       count = hweight32(initialized) + ipa_cmd_tag_process_count();
+       count = hweight32(initialized) + ipa_cmd_pipeline_clear_count();
        trans = ipa_cmd_trans_alloc(ipa, count);
        if (!trans) {
                dev_err(&ipa->pdev->dev,
                ipa_cmd_register_write_add(trans, offset, 0, ~0, false);
        }
 
-       ipa_cmd_tag_process_add(trans);
+       ipa_cmd_pipeline_clear_add(trans);
 
        /* XXX This should have a 1 second timeout */
        gsi_trans_commit_wait(trans);
        if (ipa->modem_netdev)
                ipa_modem_suspend(ipa->modem_netdev);
 
-       ipa_cmd_tag_process(ipa);
+       ipa_cmd_pipeline_clear(ipa);
 
        ipa_endpoint_suspend_one(ipa->name_map[IPA_ENDPOINT_AP_LAN_RX]);
        ipa_endpoint_suspend_one(ipa->name_map[IPA_ENDPOINT_AP_COMMAND_TX]);