netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] r8169: add support for pause ethtool ops

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Message-ID: <b4a5ed86-c51e-f370-ba79-35c9c127e85b@gmail.com>
Date:   Thu, 15 Apr 2021 08:09:29 +0200
From:   Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>
To:     Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
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: add support for pause ethtool ops

On 15.04.2021 01:12, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> On Wed, 14 Apr 2021 08:23:15 +0200 Heiner Kallweit wrote:
>> This adds support for the [g|s]et_pauseparam ethtool ops. It considers
>> that the chip doesn't support pause frame use in jumbo mode.
> 
> what happens if the MTU is changed afterwards?
> 

This patch is complemented by 453a77894efa ("r8169: don't advertise pause
in jumbo mode") that went via net. Changing MTU triggers rtl_jumbo_config()
that aligns the pause parameters with the new MTU.