david decotigny 1ff39eb66b forcedeth: fix TX timeout caused by TX pause on down link ... On some dual-port forcedeth devices such as MCP55 10de:0373 (rev a3), when autoneg & TX pause are enabled while port is connected but interface is down, the NIC will eventually freeze (TX timeouts, network unreachable). This patch ensures that TX pause is not configured in hardware when interface is down. The TX pause request will be honored when interface is later configured. Tested: - hardware is MCP55 device id 10de:0373 (rev a3), dual-port - eth0 connected and UP, eth1 connected but DOWN - without this patch, following sequence would brick NIC: ifconfig eth0 down ifconfig eth1 up ifconfig eth1 down ethtool -A eth1 autoneg off rx on tx off ifconfig eth1 up ifconfig eth1 down ethtool -A eth1 autoneg on rx on tx on ifconfig eth1 up ifconfig eth1 down ifup eth0 sleep 120 # or longer ethtool eth1 Just in case, sequence to un-brick: ifconfig eth0 down ethtool -A eth1 autoneg off rx on tx off ifconfig eth1 up ifconfig eth1 down ifup eth0 - with this patch: no TX timeout after "bricking" sequence above Details: - The following register accesses have been identified as the ones causing the NIC to freeze in "bricking" sequence above: - write NVREG_TX_PAUSEFRAME_ENABLE_V1 to eth1's register NvRegTxPauseFrame - write NVREG_MISC1_PAUSE_TX | NVREG_MISC1_FORCE to eth1's register NvRegMisc1 - write 0 to eth1's register NvRegTransmitterControl This is what this patch avoids. Signed-off-by: David Decotigny <decot@googlers.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>		2012-08-30 13:04:27 -04:00
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forcedeth.c	forcedeth: fix TX timeout caused by TX pause on down link	2012-08-30 13:04:27 -04:00
Kconfig	drivers/net/ethernet/*: Enabled vendor Kconfig options	2011-08-27 00:58:56 -07:00
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