netdev - RE: net/usb/ax88179_178a driver broken in linux-3.12

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Date:	Mon, 18 Nov 2013 10:12:10 -0000
From:	"David Laight" <David.Laight@...LAB.COM>
To:	"Mark Lord" <mlord@...ox.com>,
	"Eric Dumazet" <eric.dumazet@...il.com>,
	"Ming Lei" <ming.lei@...onical.com>, <davem@...emloft.net>,
	<netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: net/usb/ax88179_178a driver broken in linux-3.12

> On 13-11-17 01:56 PM, Mark Lord wrote:
> > On 13-11-17 01:35 PM, Mark Lord wrote:
> >> The USB3 network adapter locks up consistently for me here in 3.12,
> >> but was working without issues in 3.11.x

The xhci driver is well broken in 3.12.

Try disabling GSO and TSO so that the xhci driver is never given
fragments.

	David