linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH -rt DO NOT APPLY] Fix for tg3 networking lockup

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Date:	Thu, 03 Aug 2006 14:43:37 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	s0348365@....ed.ac.uk
Cc:	rdunlap@...otime.net, tytso@....edu, herbert@...dor.apana.org.au,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	mchan@...adcom.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH -rt DO NOT APPLY] Fix for tg3 networking lockup

From: Alistair John Strachan <s0348365@....ed.ac.uk>
Date: Thu, 3 Aug 2006 18:04:55 +0100

> Probably. I have an NC6000 with a tg3 and have never experienced
> link failure problems, even under -rt.

And note that the "poke the chip N times a second to avoid lockup"
issue only matters on very very old tg3 chips.

Therefore I think Ted fixed his problem by accident, as very few
people in the world actually have tg3 chips old enough to need that
periodic poking.
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