problem with eepro100 NAPI driver

[zhengchuanbo <zhengcb@netpower.com.cn>]

i applied the latest napi patch for eepro100, but i still met the problem. 
when i tested the 64bytes frame with smartbits, in the beginning both the RX and TX of the system are normal. but after a while,the network card stop to receive and transmit packets .
i checked the proc/ params, and found that when soft_reset_count increased one, the system would stop to receive packets for a while. the phenomenon is just like the congestion problem of the interrupt driver as metioned in the NAPI article.
the code after patched is as follows. at what condition will soft_reset_count increase?  what did the speedo_rx_soft_reset() do? and  is there something  incorrect when dealing with that?  according to the comment,maybe the sp->cur_rx should be dealt.

      if (!(status & RxComplete)) {
         int intr_status;
         unsigned long ioaddr = dev->base_addr;
         unsigned long flags;

         spin_lock_irqsave(&sp->lock,flags);
         intr_status = inw(ioaddr + SCBStatus);
         /* We check receiver state here because if
          * we have to do soft reset,sp->cur_rx should
          * point to an empty entry or something
          * unexpected will happen
          */
         if ((intr_status & 0x3c) != 0x10) {
            if (speedo_debug > 4)
               printk("No resource,reset\n");
            speedo_rx_soft_reset(dev);
            sp->soft_reset_count++;
         }
         spin_unlock_irqrestore(&sp->lock,flags);
         break;
      }


please cc. thanks.

chuanbo zheng
zhengcb@netpower.com.cn


>  I don't know which version you get.The ealier versions do have
>serious problems. The latest one(6.19) on NAPI website works
>well for me,but someone report problem of it too.Since i get no
>environment and time to investigate it,the problem is pending now.
>I will send you the latest patch in case you can't find it in other mail.
>
>zhengchuanbo wrote:
>
>>i tried ehe eepro100 NAPI driver on linux2.4.19. the kernel was compiled successfully. but when i tested the throughput of the system,i met some problem.
>>i tested the system with smartbits. when the frame size is 64bytes, in the beginning the system can receive and transmit packets. but after a while, the network card would not receive and transmit packets any more. 
>>then with frame size bigger than 128bytes, it worked well. the throughput was improved. (but sometimes it also has some problem just like 64bytes frames).
>>so what's the problem? is there something wrong with the driver?
>>please cc. thanks.
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>>zhengchuanbo  
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