netdev - [PATCH 4/9] ixgbe: feature - driver to default with FC on.

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Date:	Wed, 01 Apr 2009 00:33:44 -0700
From:	Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
To:	davem@...emloft.net
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, gospo@...hat.com,
	Don Skidmore <donald.c.skidmore@...el.com>,
	Mallikarjuna R Chilakala <mallikarjuna.chilakala@...el.com>,
	Peter P Waskiewicz Jr <peter.p.waskiewicz.jr@...el.com>,
	Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
Subject: [PATCH 4/9] ixgbe: feature - driver to default with FC on.

From: Don Skidmore <donald.c.skidmore@...el.com>

In the past flow control wasn't enabled by default under the
incorrect assumption that this opened up us to a denial of
service attack.  However since any switch that forwarded flow
control would be extremely msiconfigured and/or buggy, this
concern no longer out weighs the preformance gains from
having FC enabled.

Signed-off-by: Don Skidmore <donald.c.skidmore@...el.com>
Acked-by: Mallikarjuna R Chilakala <mallikarjuna.chilakala@...el.com>
Acked-by: Peter P Waskiewicz Jr <peter.p.waskiewicz.jr@...el.com>
Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
---

 drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c b/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
index fd27513..8f6e263 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
@@ -3169,7 +3169,7 @@ static int __devinit ixgbe_sw_init(struct ixgbe_adapter *adapter)
 #endif
 
 	/* default flow control settings */
-	hw->fc.requested_mode = ixgbe_fc_none;
+	hw->fc.requested_mode = ixgbe_fc_full;
 	hw->fc.high_water = IXGBE_DEFAULT_FCRTH;
 	hw->fc.low_water = IXGBE_DEFAULT_FCRTL;
 	hw->fc.pause_time = IXGBE_DEFAULT_FCPAUSE;

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