netdev - [PATCH 4/4] ipg: fix Tx completion irq request

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Date:	Fri, 11 Jan 2008 00:38:31 +0100
From:	Francois Romieu <romieu@...zoreil.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	linux@...izon.com, jeff@...zik.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 4/4] ipg: fix Tx completion irq request

The current logic will only request an ack for the first pending
packet. No irq is triggered as soon as the CPU submits a few
packets a bit quickly.  Let's request an irq for every packet
instead.

Signed-off-by: Francois Romieu <romieu@...zoreil.com>
---
 drivers/net/ipg.c |    5 +----
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ipg.c b/drivers/net/ipg.c
index b234b29..50f0c17 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ipg.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ipg.c
@@ -1934,10 +1934,7 @@ static int ipg_nic_hard_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 	 */
 	if (sp->tenmbpsmode)
 		txfd->tfc |= cpu_to_le64(IPG_TFC_TXINDICATE);
-	else if (!((sp->tx_current - sp->tx_dirty + 1) >
-	    IPG_FRAMESBETWEENTXDMACOMPLETES)) {
-		txfd->tfc |= cpu_to_le64(IPG_TFC_TXDMAINDICATE);
-	}
+	txfd->tfc |= cpu_to_le64(IPG_TFC_TXDMAINDICATE);
 	/* Based on compilation option, determine if FCS is to be
 	 * appended to transmit frame by IPG.
 	 */
-- 
1.5.3.3

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