netdev - Re: [PATCH] cxgb3: Wait longer for control packets on initialization

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Message-ID: <4BD648FC.80602@chelsio.com>
Date:	Mon, 26 Apr 2010 19:16:28 -0700
From:	Divy Le Ray <divy@...lsio.com>
To:	Andre Detsch <adetsch@...ibm.com>
CC:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] cxgb3: Wait longer for control packets on initialization

Andre Detsch wrote:
> In some Power7 platforms, when using VIOS (Virtual I/O Server), we
> need to wait longer for control packets to finish transfer during
> initialization.
> Without this change, initialization may fail prematurely.
>
> Signed-off-by: Wen Xiong <wenxiong@...ibm.com>
> Signed-off-by: Andre Detsch <adetsch@...ibm.com>
>   

Acked-by: Divy Le Ray <divy@...lsio.com>

> Index: linux-2.6.34-rc5/drivers/net/cxgb3/cxgb3_main.c
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-2.6.34-rc5.orig/drivers/net/cxgb3/cxgb3_main.c	2010-04-23 18:59:43.000000000 -0300
> +++ linux-2.6.34-rc5/drivers/net/cxgb3/cxgb3_main.c	2010-04-23 18:59:55.000000000 -0300
> @@ -439,7 +439,7 @@ static void free_irq_resources(struct ad
>  static int await_mgmt_replies(struct adapter *adap, unsigned long init_cnt,
>  			      unsigned long n)
>  {
> -	int attempts = 5;
> +	int attempts = 10;
>
>  	while (adap->sge.qs[0].rspq.offload_pkts < init_cnt + n) {
>  		if (!--attempts)
>   

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