Re: Hardware flow control on RTL8169

[s.munaut@intopix.com]

Hi Francois,

Selon Francois Romieu <romieu@fr.zoreil.com>:

> s.munaut@intopix.com <s.munaut@intopix.com> :
> [...]
> > I'm using a kurobox (www.kurobox.com) with a 2.6.15 kernel and I'd like to
> use
> > hardware flow control with it. However it seems the driver doesn't support
> it,
> > is that correct ?
> >
> > At least I see the device continue sending even when the other device is
> > sending PAUSE frames with 0xffff pausetime continuously.
> >
> > I've tried adding RTL_W16(TBI_ANAR, 0x00a0); to the hw_start function but
> > that doesn't seem to have any effect ...
> >
> > Any clue ?
>
> - use netdev@vger.kernel.org instead of netdev@oss.sgi.com

Sorry about that ... I don't know what version of MAINTAINER I looked at
to come up with that address ...

> - don't trim the Cc: (just a remainder...);
> - try the hack below with and without the first hunk. Use 'ethtool -s ethX'
>   to see what the device reports. It may not settle immediately.
>
>    [...diff snipped...]

Thanks, I'll try that.


Regards,

    Sylvain