[PATCH] b44: disable default tx pause
authorGary Zambrano <zambrano@broadcom.com>
Mon, 10 Apr 2006 19:02:21 +0000 (12:02 -0700)
committerJeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
Wed, 12 Apr 2006 22:04:03 +0000 (18:04 -0400)
Disable default tx pause frame support.
The b44 controller has a bug that generates excessive tx pause
frames.

Signed-off-by: Gary Zambrano <zambrano@broadcom.com>
Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
drivers/net/b44.c

index c4e12b5cbb92c2f4cb2412e7ece8d22151c902df..a67d537ccf49582f056106201295d92bbe681bda 100644 (file)
@@ -410,25 +410,18 @@ static void __b44_set_flow_ctrl(struct b44 *bp, u32 pause_flags)
 
 static void b44_set_flow_ctrl(struct b44 *bp, u32 local, u32 remote)
 {
-       u32 pause_enab = bp->flags & (B44_FLAG_TX_PAUSE |
-                                     B44_FLAG_RX_PAUSE);
-
-       if (local & ADVERTISE_PAUSE_CAP) {
-               if (local & ADVERTISE_PAUSE_ASYM) {
-                       if (remote & LPA_PAUSE_CAP)
-                               pause_enab |= (B44_FLAG_TX_PAUSE |
-                                              B44_FLAG_RX_PAUSE);
-                       else if (remote & LPA_PAUSE_ASYM)
-                               pause_enab |= B44_FLAG_RX_PAUSE;
-               } else {
-                       if (remote & LPA_PAUSE_CAP)
-                               pause_enab |= (B44_FLAG_TX_PAUSE |
-                                              B44_FLAG_RX_PAUSE);
-               }
-       } else if (local & ADVERTISE_PAUSE_ASYM) {
-               if ((remote & LPA_PAUSE_CAP) &&
-                   (remote & LPA_PAUSE_ASYM))
-                       pause_enab |= B44_FLAG_TX_PAUSE;
+       u32 pause_enab = 0; 
+
+       /* The driver supports only rx pause by default because
+          the b44 mac tx pause mechanism generates excessive 
+          pause frames.           
+          Use ethtool to turn on b44 tx pause if necessary.
+        */
+       if ((local & ADVERTISE_PAUSE_CAP) &&
+           (local & ADVERTISE_PAUSE_ASYM)){ 
+               if ((remote & LPA_PAUSE_ASYM) &&
+                   !(remote & LPA_PAUSE_CAP))
+                       pause_enab |= B44_FLAG_RX_PAUSE;
        }
 
        __b44_set_flow_ctrl(bp, pause_enab);