From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1032882Ab2I1Ub1 (ORCPT ); Fri, 28 Sep 2012 16:31:27 -0400 Received: from mail-pb0-f46.google.com ([209.85.160.46]:55300 "EHLO mail-pb0-f46.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S964810Ab2I1UbQ (ORCPT ); Fri, 28 Sep 2012 16:31:16 -0400 From: Greg Kroah-Hartman To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, stable@vger.kernel.org Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman , alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk, Francois Romieu , "David S. Miller" Subject: [ 182/218] r8169: RxConfig hack for the 8168evl. Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2012 13:16:39 -0700 Message-Id: <20120928201522.388058526@linuxfoundation.org> X-Mailer: git-send-email 1.7.12.1.428.g652398a In-Reply-To: <20120928201501.208384923@linuxfoundation.org> References: <20120928201501.208384923@linuxfoundation.org> User-Agent: quilt/0.60-2.1.2 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 3.4-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Francois Romieu commit eb2dc35d99028b698cdedba4f5522bc43e576bd2 upstream. 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 Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169.c @@ -3737,6 +3737,7 @@ static void rtl_init_rxcfg(struct rtl816 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: