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From: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] forcedeth: limit tx to 16
Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2008 08:12:02 -0400
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To: Ayaz Abdulla <aabdulla@nvidia.com>
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Ayaz Abdulla wrote:
> This is a critical patch which adds a workaround for a HW bug. The patch 
> will limit the number of outstanding tx packets to 16. Otherwise, the HW 
> could send out packets with bad checksums.
> 
> The driver will still setup the tx packets into the ring, however, will 
> only set the Valid bit on 16 packets at a time.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ayaz Abdulla <aabdulla@nvidia.com>

applied