From: Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>
To: Tomer Maimon <tmaimon77@gmail.com>
Cc: Giuseppe Cavallaro <peppe.cavallaro@st.com>,
netdev@vger.kernel.org, Russell King <rmk+kernel@armlinux.org.uk>
Subject: Re: stmmac: TX stalls with head OWN=1; requiring manual DMA kick (6.12.63)
Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2026 20:46:04 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <b2868f3d-ef84-4ec0-ac37-e41029a1d385@lunn.ch> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAP6Zq1i31Z0kfDST1Xcoftxja-TFaxgSjKH6jX5eY0AGdASpTw@mail.gmail.com>
On Wed, Mar 11, 2026 at 08:34:36PM +0200, Tomer Maimon wrote:
> Hi Giuseppe,
>
> On kernel 6.12.63 (GMAC, normal 16‑byte TX descriptors), we observe
> brief TX stalls when sending small packets.
You might want to look at Russell Kings patches from this week to
rework the descriptor handling.
Also, please don't report problems on dead kernels. 6.12.76 is the
current version for the 6.12 LTS. There is a small chance your problem
has already been fixed, and you are wasting everybody's time.
Andrew
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-03-11 19:46 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-03-11 18:34 stmmac: TX stalls with head OWN=1; requiring manual DMA kick (6.12.63) Tomer Maimon
2026-03-11 19:46 ` Andrew Lunn [this message]
2026-03-11 20:51 ` Russell King (Oracle)
2026-03-12 14:02 ` Tomer Maimon
2026-03-18 11:05 ` Tomer Maimon
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