From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
To: mware@elphinstone.net
Cc: linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org, vbordug@ru.mvista.com, netdev@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fs_enet: Adjust BDs after tx error
Date: Sat, 29 May 2010 00:16:36 -0700 (PDT) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20100529.001636.42779529.davem@davemloft.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4BFDC6EC.9090804@elphinstone.net>
From: Mark Ware <mware@elphinstone.net>
Date: Thu, 27 May 2010 11:12:12 +1000
> This patch fixes an occasional transmit lockup in the mac-fcc which
> occurs after a tx error. The test scenario had the local port set
> to autoneg and the other end fixed at 100FD, resulting in a large
> number of late collisions.
>
> According to the MPC8280RM 30.10.1.3 (also 8272RM 29.10.1.3), after
> a tx error occurs, TBPTR may sometimes point beyond BDs still marked
> as ready. This patch walks back through the BDs and points TBPTR to
> the earliest one marked as ready.
>
> Tested on a custom board with a MPC8280.
>
> Signed-off-by: Mark Ware <mware@elphinstone.net>
Applied, thanks.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-05-29 7:16 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-05-27 1:12 [PATCH] fs_enet: Adjust BDs after tx error Mark Ware
2010-05-29 7:16 ` David Miller [this message]
2015-11-24 7:08 ` Martin Roth
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