netdev - [PATCH] forcedeth: don't poll NV event 36

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Date:	Sun, 21 Dec 2008 20:44:06 +0100
From:	Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>
To:	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	Ayaz Abdulla <aabdulla@...dia.com>,
	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>,
	Manfred Spraul <manfred@...orfullife.com>
Subject: [PATCH] forcedeth: don't poll NV event 36

Polling doesn't seem to be necessary on my hardware, at
least I haven't seen any bad effects testing it a while.
Remove the polling so the CPU doesn't have to wake up a
hundred times per second.

Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>
---
 drivers/net/forcedeth.c |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- wireless-testing.orig/drivers/net/forcedeth.c	2008-12-21 13:01:14.000000000 +0100
+++ wireless-testing/drivers/net/forcedeth.c	2008-12-21 13:02:24.000000000 +0100
@@ -6141,7 +6141,7 @@ static struct pci_device_id pci_tbl[] = 
 	},
 	{	/* MCP79 Ethernet Controller */
 		PCI_DEVICE(PCI_VENDOR_ID_NVIDIA, PCI_DEVICE_ID_NVIDIA_NVENET_36),
-		.driver_data = DEV_NEED_TIMERIRQ|DEV_NEED_LINKTIMER|DEV_HAS_LARGEDESC|DEV_HAS_CHECKSUM|DEV_HAS_HIGH_DMA|DEV_HAS_MSI|DEV_HAS_POWER_CNTRL|DEV_HAS_PAUSEFRAME_TX_V3|DEV_HAS_STATISTICS_V3|DEV_HAS_TEST_EXTENDED|DEV_HAS_MGMT_UNIT|DEV_HAS_CORRECT_MACADDR|DEV_HAS_COLLISION_FIX|DEV_NEED_TX_LIMIT|DEV_HAS_GEAR_MODE,
+		.driver_data = DEV_NEED_LINKTIMER|DEV_HAS_LARGEDESC|DEV_HAS_CHECKSUM|DEV_HAS_HIGH_DMA|DEV_HAS_MSI|DEV_HAS_POWER_CNTRL|DEV_HAS_PAUSEFRAME_TX_V3|DEV_HAS_STATISTICS_V3|DEV_HAS_TEST_EXTENDED|DEV_HAS_MGMT_UNIT|DEV_HAS_CORRECT_MACADDR|DEV_HAS_COLLISION_FIX|DEV_NEED_TX_LIMIT|DEV_HAS_GEAR_MODE,
 	},
 	{	/* MCP79 Ethernet Controller */
 		PCI_DEVICE(PCI_VENDOR_ID_NVIDIA, PCI_DEVICE_ID_NVIDIA_NVENET_37),


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