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e1000e: workaround a Tx hang on 82577/82578

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With bi-directional stress traffic, the receiver could hang causing the
hardware to stop and a "Detected Tx Unit Hang" message dumped to the system
logfile.  Temporarily workaround this issue by disabling Tx flow control by
default.  The issue is currently being investigated and a follow-on patch
will be provided to revert this when it is resolved.

Signed-off-by: Bruce Allan <bruce.w.allan@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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Bruce Allan 2009-06-02 11:29:37 +00:00 committed by David S. Miller
parent a4f58f5455
commit 37289d9c1e
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drivers/net/e1000e/ich8lan.c
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@ -2348,8 +2348,13 @@ static s32 e1000_setup_link_ich8lan(struct e1000_hw *hw)
* the default flow control setting, so we explicitly
* set it to full.
*/
if (hw->fc.requested_mode == e1000_fc_default)
hw->fc.requested_mode = e1000_fc_full;
if (hw->fc.requested_mode == e1000_fc_default) {
/* Workaround h/w hang when Tx flow control enabled */
if (hw->mac.type == e1000_pchlan)
hw->fc.requested_mode = e1000_fc_rx_pause;
else
hw->fc.requested_mode = e1000_fc_full;
}
/*
* Save off the requested flow control mode for use later. Depending