From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Auke Kok Subject: [PATCH 4/6] ixgbe: warn when device is in a x4 or lower width slot Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2008 09:25:56 -0800 Message-ID: <20080211172556.29090.23204.stgit@localhost.localdomain> References: <20080211172539.29090.99369.stgit@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: e1000-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, netdev@vger.kernel.org To: jeff@garzik.org Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20080211172539.29090.99369.stgit@localhost.localdomain> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: e1000-devel-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: e1000-devel-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org It's easy to oversee this issue when working with this card as evrything will work OK but performance is severely limited (something like 1.5gbit on a x1 link) if the pci-express slot does not offer more bandwidth. Signed-off-by: Auke Kok --- drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c | 8 ++++++++ 1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c b/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c index ead49e5..576fb51 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c +++ b/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c @@ -2778,6 +2778,14 @@ static int __devinit ixgbe_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, hw->mac.type, hw->phy.type, (part_num >> 8), (part_num & 0xff)); + if (link_width <= IXGBE_PCI_LINK_WIDTH_4) { + dev_warn(&pdev->dev, "PCI-Express bandwidth available for " + "this card is not sufficient for optimal " + "performance.\n"); + dev_warn(&pdev->dev, "For optimal performance a x8 " + "PCI-Express slot is required.\n"); + } + /* reset the hardware with the new settings */ ixgbe_start_hw(hw); ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/