netdev - [PATCH 8/10] spidernet: reset the card when an rxramfull is seen

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Date:	Tue, 22 May 2007 18:45:32 -0500
From:	linas@...tin.ibm.com (Linas Vepstas)
To:	Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@...ox.com>, Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>
Cc:	cbe-oss-dev@...abs.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linuxppc-dev@...abs.org, Florin Malita <fmalita@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH 8/10] spidernet: reset the card when an rxramfull is seen


Some versions of the spider have a firmware bug, where the
RX ring sequencer goes crazy when the RX RAM on the device
fills up. Appearently the only viable wrkaround is a soft
reset of the card.

Signed-off-by: Linas Vepstas <linas@...tin.ibm.com>

----
 drivers/net/spider_net.c |   14 +++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

Index: netdev-2.6/drivers/net/spider_net.c
===================================================================
--- netdev-2.6.orig/drivers/net/spider_net.c	2007-05-22 18:03:37.000000000 -0500
+++ netdev-2.6/drivers/net/spider_net.c	2007-05-22 18:03:39.000000000 -0500
@@ -1506,11 +1506,17 @@ spider_net_handle_error_irq(struct spide
 	case SPIDER_NET_GRFBFLLINT: /* fallthrough */
 	case SPIDER_NET_GRFAFLLINT: /* fallthrough */
 	case SPIDER_NET_GRMFLLINT:
-		if (netif_msg_intr(card) && net_ratelimit())
-			pr_err("%s: Spider RX RAM full, incoming packets "
-			       "might be discarded!\n", card->netdev->name);
+		if (netif_msg_intr(card) && net_ratelimit()) {
+			pr_err("%s: Spider RX RAM full, reseting device.\n",
+			       card->netdev->name);
+			show_rx_chain(card);
+		}
 		spider_net_rx_irq_off(card);
 		netif_rx_schedule(card->netdev);
+
+		/* If the card is spewing rxramfulls, then reset */
+		atomic_inc(&card->tx_timeout_task_counter);
+		schedule_work(&card->tx_timeout_task);
 		show_error = 0;
 		break;
 
@@ -2087,6 +2093,8 @@ spider_net_workaround_rxramfull(struct s
 {
 	int i, sequencer = 0;
 
+	printk(KERN_INFO "%s: calling rxramfull workaround\n", card->netdev->name);
+
 	/* cancel reset */
 	spider_net_write_reg(card, SPIDER_NET_CKRCTRL,
 			     SPIDER_NET_CKRCTRL_RUN_VALUE);
-
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