Re: [PATCH 2.6.32 2/3] net: Fix ks8851 snl transmit problem

[David Miller]

From: "Ha, Tristram" <Tristram.Ha@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 3 Dec 2009 13:17:48 -0800

> This fixes a transmit problem of the ks8851 snl network driver.  Under heavy TCP traffic the device will stop transmitting.  Turning off the transmit interrupt avoids this issue.  A new workqueue was implemented to replace the functionality of the transmit interrupt processing.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Tristram Ha <Tristram.Ha@xxxxxxxxxx>

Please describe why the TX interrupt facility cannot be used.
You probably have a race condition or similar, have you tried
to see if there is some issue like that?

This workqueue is going to make performance terrible, at best.
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