Re: [PATCH] sky2: jumbo frame regression fix

[Stephen Hemminger]

On Wed, 03 Oct 2007 03:34:34 +0200
Ian Kumlien <pomac@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On tis, 2007-10-02 at 18:02 -0700, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> > Remove unneeded check that caused problems with jumbo frame sizes.
> > The check was recently added and is wrong.
> > When using jumbo frames the sky2 driver does fragmentation, so
> > rx_data_size is less than mtu.
> 
> Confirmed working.
> 
> Now running with 9k mtu with no errors, =)
> 
> It also seems that the FIFO bug was the one that affected me before,
> damn odd race that one.

Does the workaround (forced reset work). Ian, you are the first person to
report triggering it.  I haven't found a way to make it happen.
What combination of flow control and speeds are you using?


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Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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