netdev - Re: [PATCH] ep93xx_eth stopps receiving packets

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Date:	Tue, 4 May 2010 03:46:07 +0200
From:	Lennert Buytenhek <buytenh@...tstofly.org>
To:	Stefan Agner <stefan@...er.ch>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ep93xx_eth stopps receiving packets

On Mon, May 03, 2010 at 01:42:44PM +0200, Stefan Agner wrote:

> Receiving small packet(s) in a fast pace leads to not receiving any
> packets at all after some time.
> 
> After ethernet packet(s) arrived the receive descriptor is incremented
> by the number of frames processed. If another packet arrives while
> processing, this is processed in another call of ep93xx_rx. This
> second call leads that too many receive descriptors getting released.
> 
> This fix increments, even in these case, the right number of processed
> receive descriptors.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Stefan Agner <stefan@...er.ch>

I haven't opened my ep93xx docs for a while, but if this works for you:

Acked-by: Lennert Buytenhek <buytenh@...tstofly.org>

Thanks!
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