netdev - Re: [net 0/6][pull request] Intel Wired LAN Driver Updates

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Date:	Fri, 13 Sep 2013 19:37:20 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, gospo@...hat.com, sassmann@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [net 0/6][pull request] Intel Wired LAN Driver Updates

From: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2013 14:12:04 -0700

> This series contains updates to ixgbe and e1000e.
> 
> Jacob provides a ixgbe patch to fix the configure_rx patch to properly
> disable RSC hardware logic when a user disables it.  Previously we only
> disabled RSC in the queue settings, but this does not fully disable
> hardware RSC logic which can lead to unexpected performance issues.
> 
> Emil provides three fixes for ixgbe.  First fixes the ethtool loopback
> test when DCB is enabled, where the frames may be modified on Tx
> (by adding VLAN tag) which will fail the check on receive.  Then a fix
> for QSFP+ modules, limit the speed setting to advertise only one speed
> at a time since the QSFP+ modules do not support auto negotiation.
> Lastly, resolve an issue where the driver will display incorrect info
> for QSFP+ modules that were inserted after the driver has been loaded.
> 
> David Ertman provides to fixes for e1000e, one removes a comparison to
> the boolean value true where evaluating the lvalue will produce the
> same result.  The other fixes an error in the calculation of the
> rar_entry_count, which causes a write of unkown/undefined register
> space in the MAC to unknown/undefined register space in the PHY.

Pulled, thanks Jeff.
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