From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Subject: Re: [net-next-2.6 PATCH 2/2] ixgbe: fix bug when EITR=0 causing no writebacks Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2010 12:56:05 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <20100427.125605.124069593.davem@davemloft.net> References: <20100427113651.24431.9221.stgit@localhost.localdomain> <20100427113739.24431.46358.stgit@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, gospo@redhat.com, jesse.brandeburg@intel.com To: jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com Return-path: Received: from 74-93-104-97-Washington.hfc.comcastbusiness.net ([74.93.104.97]:49602 "EHLO sunset.davemloft.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756795Ab0D0T4A (ORCPT ); Tue, 27 Apr 2010 15:56:00 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20100427113739.24431.46358.stgit@localhost.localdomain> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: From: Jeff Kirsher Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2010 04:37:41 -0700 > From: Jesse Brandeburg > > writebacks can be held indefinitely by hardware if EITR=0, when > combined with TXDCTL.WTHRESH=8. When EITR=0, WTHRESH should be > set back to zero. > > Signed-off-by: Jesse Brandeburg > Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher Applied.