netdev - [patch 01/14] e1000: The user-supplied itr setting needs the lower 2 bits masked off

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Date:	Fri, 15 Dec 2006 10:29:31 +0100
From:	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...ux.intel.com>
To:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [patch 01/14] e1000: The user-supplied itr setting needs the lower
	2 bits masked off

Subject: e1000: The user-supplied itr setting needs the lower 2 bits masked off
From: Jesse Brandeburg <jesse.brandeburg@...el.com>

The lower 2 bits of a user-supplied itr setting (via ethtool) need to be
masked off: These lower two bits are used as control bits.

Signed-off-by: Jesse Brandeburg <jesse.brandeburg@...el.com>
Signed-off-by: Auke Kok <auke-jan.h.kok@...el.com>
Signed-off-by: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...ux.intel.com>

---
 drivers/net/e1000/e1000_param.c |    4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

Index: linux-2.6/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_param.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_param.c
+++ linux-2.6/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_param.c
@@ -487,7 +487,9 @@ e1000_check_options(struct e1000_adapter
 				e1000_validate_option(&adapter->itr, &opt,
 				        adapter);
 				/* save the setting, because the dynamic bits change itr */
-				adapter->itr_setting = adapter->itr;
+				/* clear the lower two bits because they are
+				 * used as control */
+				adapter->itr_setting = adapter->itr & ~3;
 				break;
 			}
 		} else {

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