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* [net-2.6 PATCH 1/2] e1000e: disable ASPM L1 on 82573
@ 2010-08-19 22:43 Jeff Kirsher
  2010-08-19 22:44 ` [net-2.6 PATCH 2/2] e1000e: don't check for alternate MAC addr on parts that don't support it Jeff Kirsher
  2010-08-19 22:48 ` [net-2.6 PATCH 1/2] e1000e: disable ASPM L1 on 82573 David Miller
  0 siblings, 2 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Jeff Kirsher @ 2010-08-19 22:43 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: davem; +Cc: netdev, gospo, bphilips, Bruce Allan, stable, Jeff Kirsher

From: Bruce Allan <bruce.w.allan@intel.com>

On the e1000-devel mailing list, Nils Faerber reported latency issues with
the 82573 LOM on a ThinkPad X60.  It was found to be caused by ASPM L1;
disabling it resolves the latency.  The issue is present in kernels back
to 2.6.34 and possibly 2.6.33.


Reported-by: Nils Faerber <nils.faerber@kernelconcepts.de>
Signed-off-by: Bruce Allan <bruce.w.allan@intel.com>
Cc: stable@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com>
---

 drivers/net/e1000e/82571.c |    1 +
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/e1000e/82571.c b/drivers/net/e1000e/82571.c
index a4a0d2b..f844e6c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/e1000e/82571.c
+++ b/drivers/net/e1000e/82571.c
@@ -1833,6 +1833,7 @@ struct e1000_info e1000_82573_info = {
 				  | FLAG_HAS_SMART_POWER_DOWN
 				  | FLAG_HAS_AMT
 				  | FLAG_HAS_SWSM_ON_LOAD,
+	.flags2			= FLAG2_DISABLE_ASPM_L1,
 	.pba			= 20,
 	.max_hw_frame_size	= ETH_FRAME_LEN + ETH_FCS_LEN,
 	.get_variants		= e1000_get_variants_82571,


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