netdev - Re: [PATCH] e1000e: do not modify tx_queue

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Message-Id: <20100326.210548.159279832.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Fri, 26 Mar 2010 21:05:48 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, gospo@...hat.com, franco@...tsummer.de,
	emil.s.tantilov@...el.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] e1000e: do not modify tx_queue_len on link speed change

From: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2010 15:55:02 -0700

> From: Emil Tantilov <emil.s.tantilov@...el.com>
> 
> Previously the driver tweaked txqueuelen to avoid false Tx hang reports seen at half duplex.
> This had the effect of overriding user set values on link change/reset. Testing shows that
> adjusting only the timeout factor is sufficient to prevent Tx hang reports at half duplex.
> 
> This patch removes all instances of tx_queue_len in the driver.
> 
> Originally reported and patched by Franco Fichtner
> CC: Franco Fichtner <franco@...tsummer.de>
> Signed-off-by: Emil Tantilov <emil.s.tantilov@...el.com>
> Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>

Applied to net-2.6
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