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From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] bnx2: Increase max rx ring size from 1K to 2K
Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2010 03:13:26 -0700 (PDT)
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From: "Michael Chan" <mchan@broadcom.com>
Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2010 17:30:54 -0700

> A number of customers are reporting packet loss under certain workloads
> (e.g. heavy bursts of small packets) with flow control disabled.  A larger
> rx ring helps to prevent these losses.
> 
> No change in default rx ring size and memory consumption.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Andy Gospodarek <andy@greyhouse.net>
> Acked-by: John Feeney <jfeeney@redhat.com>
> Signed-off-by: Michael Chan <mchan@broadcom.com>

Ok, since the new limit is not the default, applied.

Thanks for the explanation Michael.