netdev - Re: [PATCH 4/9] ixgbe: feature - driver to default with FC on.

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Message-Id: <20090402.011535.149706947.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Thu, 02 Apr 2009 01:15:35 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, gospo@...hat.com,
	donald.c.skidmore@...el.com, mallikarjuna.chilakala@...el.com,
	peter.p.waskiewicz.jr@...el.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/9] ixgbe: feature - driver to default with FC on.

From: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
Date: Wed, 01 Apr 2009 00:33:44 -0700

> In the past flow control wasn't enabled by default under the
> incorrect assumption that this opened up us to a denial of
> service attack.  However since any switch that forwarded flow
> control would be extremely msiconfigured and/or buggy, this
> concern no longer out weighs the preformance gains from
> having FC enabled.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Don Skidmore <donald.c.skidmore@...el.com>
> Acked-by: Mallikarjuna R Chilakala <mallikarjuna.chilakala@...el.com>
> Acked-by: Peter P Waskiewicz Jr <peter.p.waskiewicz.jr@...el.com>
> Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>

Applied.
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