The VIA veloicty driver needs the following to allow changing MTU when down. The buffer size needs to be computed when device is brought up, not when device is initialized. This also fixes a bug where the buffer size was computed differently on change_mtu versus initial setting.
Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- This is a properly formatted version of previously submitted patch. Please apply for 2.6.24 --- a/drivers/net/via-velocity.c 2007-11-15 20:11:12.000000000 -0800 +++ b/drivers/net/via-velocity.c 2007-11-15 20:32:14.000000000 -0800 @@ -1242,6 +1242,9 @@ static int velocity_rx_refill(struct vel static int velocity_init_rd_ring(struct velocity_info *vptr) { int ret; + int mtu = vptr->dev->mtu; + + vptr->rx_buf_sz = (mtu <= ETH_DATA_LEN) ? PKT_BUF_SZ : mtu + 32; vptr->rd_info = kcalloc(vptr->options.numrx, sizeof(struct velocity_rd_info), GFP_KERNEL); @@ -1898,8 +1901,6 @@ static int velocity_open(struct net_devi struct velocity_info *vptr = netdev_priv(dev); int ret; - vptr->rx_buf_sz = (dev->mtu <= 1504 ? PKT_BUF_SZ : dev->mtu + 32); - ret = velocity_init_rings(vptr); if (ret < 0) goto out; @@ -1978,12 +1979,6 @@ static int velocity_change_mtu(struct ne velocity_free_rd_ring(vptr); dev->mtu = new_mtu; - if (new_mtu > 8192) - vptr->rx_buf_sz = 9 * 1024; - else if (new_mtu > 4096) - vptr->rx_buf_sz = 8192; - else - vptr->rx_buf_sz = 4 * 1024; ret = velocity_init_rd_ring(vptr); if (ret < 0) - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html