[PATCH] b44: disable default tx pause
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>
diff --git a/drivers/net/b44.c b/drivers/net/b44.c
index c4e12b5..a67d537 100644
--- a/drivers/net/b44.c
+++ b/drivers/net/b44.c
@@ -410,25 +410,18 @@
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);
+ u32 pause_enab = 0;
- 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;
+ /* 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);