netdev - Re: [PATCH net] gianfar: fix babbling rx error event bug

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Message-Id: <20090526.204815.185454308.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Tue, 26 May 2009 20:48:15 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	Xiaotian.Feng@...driver.com
Cc:	galak@...nel.crashing.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linuxppc-dev@...abs.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] gianfar: fix babbling rx error event bug

From: Xiaotian Feng <Xiaotian.Feng@...driver.com>
Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 09:52:36 +0800

> Gianfar interrupt handler uses IEVENT_ERR_MASK to check and handle errors.
> Babbling RX error (IEVENT_BABR) should be included in IEVENT_ERROR_MASK.
> Otherwise if BABR is raised, it never gets handled nor cleared, and an
> interrupt storm results. This has been observed to happen on sending a
> burst of ethernet frames to a gianfar based board.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Xiaotian Feng <xiaotian.feng@...driver.com>

Patch applied, thanks.
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