linux-kernel - Re: [ 026/171 ] sfc: Only use TX push if a single descriptor is to be written

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Message-ID: <1365715332.9609.65.camel@gandalf.local.home>
Date:	Thu, 11 Apr 2013 17:22:12 -0400
From:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To:	Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [ 026/171 ] sfc: Only use TX push if a single descriptor is to
 be written

On Thu, 2013-04-11 at 22:15 +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> Aside from #21-26 in this series, and the deadlock fix required on top
> of #24, there are several more fixes for sfc that I think are suitable
> for 3.6.11.y.
> 
> These commits were cherry-picked for 3.4.38 and can also be
> cherry-picked cleanly on top of 3.6.11.1 plus the 7 patches you already
> have:
> 
> d5e8cc6c946e sfc: Really disable flow control while flushing
> bfeed902946a sfc: Convert firmware subtypes to native byte order in efx_mcdi_get_board_cfg()
> 9724a8504c87 sfc: Add parentheses around use of bitfield macro arguments
> 0a6e5008a9df sfc: Fix MCDI structure field lookup
> 450783747f42 sfc: Avoid generating over-length MC_CMD_FLUSH_RX_QUEUES request
> 525d9e824018 sfc: Work-around flush timeout when flushes have completed
> ef492f11efed sfc: Correctly initialise reset_method in siena_test_chip()
> ebf98e797b4e sfc: Fix timekeeping in efx_mcdi_poll()
> 
> Please let me know whether you're prepared to include these in the
> current update.  I can then run some automated tests with your selected
> set of patches applied.

Thanks a lot! I'll start apply them tonight.

-- Steve


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