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e1000e: workaround a Tx hang on 82577/82578
authorBruce Allan <bruce.w.allan@intel.com>
Tue, 2 Jun 2009 11:29:37 +0000 (11:29 +0000)
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Wed, 3 Jun 2009 09:46:36 +0000 (02:46 -0700)
commitfb2aeff86868be452d8e3d0196b3a517482402e4
tree429af3e67d9f5d91cf472e40fd1039e6cffe3e69
parent2ab22f9f1910786ddfc251486c4d9f0dbf0c4e32
e1000e: workaround a Tx hang on 82577/82578

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>
drivers/net/e1000e/ich8lan.c