From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 31 Jan 2001 04:28:15 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 31 Jan 2001 04:27:56 -0500 Received: from pop.gmx.net ([194.221.183.20]:15256 "HELO mail.gmx.net") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Wed, 31 Jan 2001 04:27:49 -0500 Message-ID: <3A77DA8D.79E6B643@gmx.de> Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 10:27:41 +0100 From: Martin Rauh X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.6 [de] (WinNT; U) X-Accept-Language: de MIME-Version: 1.0 To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Ethernet Flow Control and Linux IP Stack Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hello, what will happen in the (IP) protocol layer of the kernel if the NIC can not send the packet, because the NIC is paused by the receiving station with Ethernet Flow Control PAUSE frames. In other words, what are the consequences if netif_stop_queue is called and netif_start_queue is not called for a noticeable time. Cheers, Martin Rauh - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/