netdev - Re: [PATCH v2] r8152: disable RX aggregation on Dell TB16 dock

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Date:   Wed, 17 Jan 2018 15:39:30 -0500 (EST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     kai.heng.feng@...onical.com
Cc:     hayeswang@...ltek.com, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org,
        linux-usb@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, mario.limonciello@...l.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] r8152: disable RX aggregation on Dell TB16 dock

From: Kai-Heng Feng <kai.heng.feng@...onical.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2018 16:46:27 +0800

> r8153 on Dell TB15/16 dock corrupts rx packets.
> 
> This change is suggested by Realtek. They guess that the XHCI controller
> doesn't have enough buffer, and their guesswork is correct, once the RX
> aggregation gets disabled, the issue is gone.
> 
> ASMedia is currently working on a real sulotion for this issue.
> 
> Dell and ODM confirm the bcdDevice and iSerialNumber is unique for TB16.
> 
> Note that TB15 has different bcdDevice and iSerialNumber, which are not
> unique values. If you still have TB15, please contact Dell to replace it
> with TB16.
> 
> BugLink: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1729674
> Cc: Mario Limonciello <mario.limonciello@...l.com>
> Signed-off-by: Kai-Heng Feng <kai.heng.feng@...onical.com>
> ---
> v2:
> - Disable RX aggregation instead of disable RX checksum
> - Use bcdDevice and iSerialNumber to uniquely identify Dell TB16

Ok, since this is very restricted it's an acceptable way to deal with
this problem.

Applied, thanks.