linux/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros
Feng Tang 881d0327db net: alx: Work around the DMA RX overflow issue
Commit 26c5f03 uses a new skb allocator to avoid the RFD overflow
issue.

But from debugging without datasheet, we found the error always
happen when the DMA RX address is set to 0x....fc0, which is very
likely to be a HW/silicon problem.

So one idea is instead of adding a new allocator, why not just
hitting the right target by avaiding the error-prone DMA address?

This patch will actually
* Remove the commit 26c5f03
* Apply rx skb with 64 bytes longer space, and if the allocated skb
  has a 0x...fc0 address, it will use skb_resever(skb, 64) to
  advance the address, so that the RX overflow can be avoided.

In theory this method should also apply to atl1c driver, which
I can't find anyone who can help to test on real devices.

Bugzilla: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=70761
Signed-off-by: Feng Tang <feng.tang@intel.com>
Suggested-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Tested-by: Ole Lukoie <olelukoie@mail.ru>
Acked-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2016-06-14 15:30:50 -04:00
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alx net: alx: Work around the DMA RX overflow issue 2016-06-14 15:30:50 -04:00
atl1c atl1c: remove private tx lock 2016-04-26 15:53:04 -04:00
atl1e atle1: remove LLTX support and TX_UNLOCKED 2016-04-26 15:53:04 -04:00
atlx atl2: Disable unimplemented scatter/gather feature 2016-04-21 15:12:23 -04:00
Kconfig drivers/net: remove all references to obsolete Ethernet-HOWTO 2015-06-23 06:50:35 -07:00
Makefile alx: add a simple AR816x/AR817x device driver 2013-06-17 16:04:34 -07:00