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authorMalli Chilakala <mallikarjuna.chilakala@intel.com>2005-04-28 18:51:54 -0700
committerJeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>2005-05-12 20:54:41 -0400
commit41639fed1b32dde4ea3d94242a89308435d341be (patch)
tree2e8232795eff9e0a2b6c6b3d22c0532c472c749d /drivers/net/ixgb
parent6dfbb6dd391139be9f1cd333877c6e2b03da4bba (diff)
downloadlinux-41639fed1b32dde4ea3d94242a89308435d341be.tar.gz
[PATCH] ixgb: Reset status in the Rx
Reset status in the Rx descriptor prior to handing it to the controller.
Leave three Rx descriptors unused

Signed-off-by: Mallikarjuna R Chilakala <mallikarjuna.chilakala@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Ganesh Venkatesan <ganesh.venkatesan@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: John Ronciak <john.ronciak@intel.com>

diff -up net-drivers-2.6/drivers/net/ixgb/ixgb_main.c net-drivers-2.6/drivers/net/ixgb.new/ixgb_main.c
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/net/ixgb')
-rw-r--r--drivers/net/ixgb/ixgb_main.c8
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/ixgb/ixgb_main.c b/drivers/net/ixgb/ixgb_main.c
index da6b9d6e6db9..a6a13f6fe65b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ixgb/ixgb_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ixgb/ixgb_main.c
@@ -1977,8 +1977,8 @@ ixgb_alloc_rx_buffers(struct ixgb_adapter *adapter)
 
 	num_group_tail_writes = IXGB_RX_BUFFER_WRITE;
 
-	/* leave one descriptor unused */
-	while(--cleancount > 0) {
+	/* leave three descriptors unused */
+	while(--cleancount > 2) {
 		rx_desc = IXGB_RX_DESC(*rx_ring, i);
 
 		skb = dev_alloc_skb(adapter->rx_buffer_len + NET_IP_ALIGN);
@@ -2005,6 +2005,10 @@ ixgb_alloc_rx_buffers(struct ixgb_adapter *adapter)
 				   PCI_DMA_FROMDEVICE);
 
 		rx_desc->buff_addr = cpu_to_le64(buffer_info->dma);
+		/* guarantee DD bit not set now before h/w gets descriptor
+		 * this is the rest of the workaround for h/w double 
+		 * writeback. */
+		rx_desc->status = 0;
 
 		if((i & ~(num_group_tail_writes- 1)) == i) {
 			/* Force memory writes to complete before letting h/w