--- linux-2.6.27-rc5/drivers/net/forcedeth.c.orig	2008-09-02 00:58:07.000000000 +0400
+++ linux-2.6.27-rc5/drivers/net/forcedeth.c	2008-09-02 02:02:34.000000000 +0400
@@ -842,6 +842,16 @@
 static int poll_interval = -1;
 
 /*
+ * On some hardware no TX done interrupts are generated, thus special
+ * timer interrupt is required to handle this situation properly.
+ *
+ * Setting this variable to 1 leads to removing DEV_NEED_TIMERIRQ from
+ * the driver_data flags and thus disable 100Hz timer mentioned above.
+ * This may be extremely usefull for laptop users.
+ */
+static int disable_timerirq = 0;
+
+/*
  * MSI interrupts
  */
 enum {
@@ -5704,7 +5714,7 @@
 			np->msi_flags |= 0x0001;
 	}
 
-	if (id->driver_data & DEV_NEED_TIMERIRQ)
+	if (id->driver_data & DEV_NEED_TIMERIRQ && !disable_timerirq)
 		np->irqmask |= NVREG_IRQ_TIMER;
 	if (id->driver_data & DEV_NEED_LINKTIMER) {
 		dprintk(KERN_INFO "%s: link timer on.\n", pci_name(pci_dev));
@@ -6180,6 +6190,8 @@
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(dma_64bit, "High DMA is enabled by setting to 1 and disabled by setting to 0.");
 module_param(phy_cross, int, 0);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(phy_cross, "Phy crossover detection for Realtek 8201 phy is enabled by setting to 1 and disabled by setting to 0.");
+module_param(disable_timerirq, int, 0);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(disable_timerirq, "100Hz timer required for some hardware is disabled by setting to 1 and enabled by setting to 0.");
 
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Manfred Spraul <manfred@colorfullife.com>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Reverse Engineered nForce ethernet driver");