3.4-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.
------------------ From: Francois Romieu <[email protected]> commit eb2dc35d99028b698cdedba4f5522bc43e576bd2 upstream. The 8168evl (RTL_GIGA_MAC_VER_34) based Gigabyte GA-990FXA motherboards are very prone to NETDEV watchdog problems without this change. See https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=42899 for instance. I don't know why it *works*. It's depressingly effective though. For the record: - the problem may go along IOMMU (AMD-Vi) errors but it really looks like a red herring. - the patch sets the RX_MULTI_EN bit. If the 8168c doc is any guide, the chipset now fetches several Rx descriptors at a time. - long ago the driver ignored the RX_MULTI_EN bit. e542a2269f232d61270ceddd42b73a4348dee2bb changed the RxConfig settings. Whatever the problem it's now labeled a regression. - Realtek's own driver can identify two different 8168evl devices (CFG_METHOD_16 and CFG_METHOD_17) where the r8169 driver only sees one. It sucks. Signed-off-by: Francois Romieu <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <[email protected]> --- drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169.c @@ -3737,6 +3737,7 @@ static void rtl_init_rxcfg(struct rtl816 case RTL_GIGA_MAC_VER_22: case RTL_GIGA_MAC_VER_23: case RTL_GIGA_MAC_VER_24: + case RTL_GIGA_MAC_VER_34: RTL_W32(RxConfig, RX128_INT_EN | RX_MULTI_EN | RX_DMA_BURST); break; default: -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
