netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] r8169: align number of tx descriptors with vendor driver

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Message-ID: <20201103173704.3bc28fbd@kicinski-fedora-pc1c0hjn.dhcp.thefacebook.com>
Date:   Tue, 3 Nov 2020 17:37:04 -0800
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>
Cc:     David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Realtek linux nic maintainers <nic_swsd@...ltek.com>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] r8169: align number of tx descriptors with
 vendor driver

On Sun, 1 Nov 2020 23:23:52 +0100 Heiner Kallweit wrote:
> Lowest number of tx descriptors used in the vendor drivers is 256 in
> r8169. r8101/r8168/r8125 use 1024 what seems to be the hw limit. Stay
> on the safe side and go with 256, same as number of rx descriptors.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>

Applied, thanks!