netdev - Re: [PATCH 2/2] net: qcom/emac: add software control for pause frame mode

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Date:   Tue, 12 Sep 2017 17:07:19 -0500
From:   Timur Tabi <timur@...eaurora.org>
To:     "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] net: qcom/emac: add software control for pause frame
 mode

On 08/01/2017 04:37 PM, Timur Tabi wrote:
> The EMAC has the option of sending only a single pause frame when
> flow control is enabled and the RX queue is full.  Although sending
> only one pause frame has little value, this would allow admins to
> enable automatic flow control without having to worry about the EMAC
> flooding nearby switches with pause frames if the kernel hangs.
> 
> The option is enabled by using the single-pause-mode private flag.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Timur Tabi<timur@...eaurora.org>

Dave,

I don't see this patch in net-next.  Can you pick it up for 4.14?

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