netdev - Re: TX watchdog vs link-layer flow control

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Date:	Thu, 02 Jun 2011 22:01:42 +0100
From:	Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>
To:	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:	linux-net-drivers <linux-net-drivers@...arflare.com>
Subject: Re: TX watchdog vs link-layer flow control

Also: given that the watchdog fires if *any* TX queue is stopped, that
seems to mean that on a device with hardware TX priority it could be
triggered for a TX queue with low priority if the link is filled with
higher-priority TX packets for long enough.  (This depends on how 'hard'
the priorities are, of course.)

Ben.

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