netdev - Re: [PATCH net] tg3: Fix for disallow tx coalescing time to be 0

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Date:   Tue, 30 Aug 2016 20:52:57 +0300
From:   Sergei Shtylyov <sergei.shtylyov@...entembedded.com>
To:     Ivan Vecera <ivecera@...hat.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     satish.baddipadige@...adcom.com, siva.kallam@...adcom.com,
        michael.chan@...adcom.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] tg3: Fix for disallow tx coalescing time to be 0

Hello.

On 08/30/2016 05:38 PM, Ivan Vecera wrote:

> The recent commit 087d7a8c disallows to set Rx coalescing time to be 0

    You should specify both 12-digit SHA1 and the commit summary enclosed in ("").

> as this stops generating interrupts for the incoming packets. I found
> the zero Tx coalescing time stops generating interrupts similarly for
> outgoing packets and fires Tx watchdog later. To avoid this, don't allow
> to set Tx coalescing time to 0.
>
> Cc: satish.baddipadige@...adcom.com
> Cc: siva.kallam@...adcom.com
> Cc: michael.chan@...adcom.com
> Signed-off-by: Ivan Vecera <ivecera@...hat.com>
[...]

MBR, Sergei