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From: Michael Renzmann <netdev@nospam.otaku42.de>
To: netdev@oss.sgi.com
Subject: Network driver behaviour when loosing link
Date: Sat, 21 May 2005 22:05:48 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <428F949C.8080707@otaku42.de> (raw)

Hi all.

I'm playing with a network driver and came across one thing I'd like to 
ask something about.

Let's assume a driver detects a link status change (for example, the 
link is dropped). I would have expected that the driver should signal 
the change via netif_carrier_on/_off (if used at all) and tell the 
kernel to stop/resume sending packets to the driver (via 
netif_wake_queue/netif_stop_queue).

When checking several drivers I found some that call 
netif_[wake|stop]_queue (e100, e1000), while others don't (natsemi, tg3).

Hence the question: what is the recommended behaviour in such a case? Is 
it ok to call netif_[stop|wake]_queue? How about adjusting the 
IFF_RUNNING flag accordingly? Is there any documentation available on 
this topic?

Thanks in advance.

Bye, Mike

             reply	other threads:[~2005-05-21 20:05 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2005-05-21 20:05 Michael Renzmann [this message]
2005-05-22  0:52 ` Network driver behaviour when loosing link Tommy Christensen

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