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authorfrançois romieu2012-06-20 12:09:18 +0000
committerDavid S. Miller2012-06-22 21:48:32 -0700
commiteb2dc35d99028b698cdedba4f5522bc43e576bd2 (patch)
treeeea807e548f06aa7f0cb74c8815d39529bef16a8 /drivers/net
parent65841fd5132c3941cdf5df09e70df3ed28323212 (diff)
r8169: RxConfig hack for the 8168evl.
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 <romieu@fr.zoreil.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/net')
-rw-r--r--drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169.c1
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169.c
index 7260aa79466a..d7a04e091101 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169.c
@@ -3894,6 +3894,7 @@ static void rtl_init_rxcfg(struct rtl8169_private *tp)
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: