[10/21] driver/net/skge.c: restart the interface when it's options or
pauseparam is set
On Wednesday 24 September 2008 07:47, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> On Mon, 22 Sep 2008 14:52:17 -0700
>
> akpm@linux-foundation.org wrote:
> > From: "Xiaoming.Zhang" <Xiaoming.Zhang@resilience.com>
> >
> > We have an issue of the skge driver: The card won't work when it's
> > options are changed. Here's the hardware info:
> >
> > # lspci -v
> > 05:04.0 Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88E8001
> > Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 13) Subsystem: Marvell Technology Group
> > Ltd. Marvell RDK-8001 Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency
> > 32, IRQ 16 Memory at d042c000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K] I/O
> > ports at d000 [size=256]
> > [virtual] Expansion ROM at 20400000 [disabled] [size=128K]
> > Capabilities: [48] Power Management version 2
> > Capabilities: [50] Vital Product Data
> >
> > The happens in both Linux-2.6.26(skge version 1.23) and RHEL5.2(skge
> > version 1.6).
> >
> > For example, at first it is set to "speed 1000 duplex full auto-neg on"
> > and it works, then run
> >
> > ethtool -s <ethx> autoneg off
> > or ethtool -s <ethx> speed 100 duplex full autoneg off
> >
> > Then it will stop working. After that if we restart the interface:
> >
> > ifconifg <ethx> down
> > ifconfig <ethx> up
> >
> > It will work again. And `ethtool -A' has the same issue.
> >
> > So we think after setting the options, the interface should be restarted.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Zhang Xiaoming <xiaoming.zhang@resilience.com>
> > Cc: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com>
> > Cc: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
> > Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
> > ---
> >
> > drivers/net/skge.c | 12 ++++++++----
> > 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff -puN
> > drivers/net/skge.c~driver-net-skgec-restart-the-interface-when-its-option
> >s-or-pauseparam-is-set drivers/net/skge.c ---
> > a/drivers/net/skge.c~driver-net-skgec-restart-the-interface-when-its-opti
> >ons-or-pauseparam-is-set +++ a/drivers/net/skge.c
> > @@ -353,8 +353,10 @@ static int skge_set_settings(struct net_
> > skge->autoneg = ecmd->autoneg;
> > skge->advertising = ecmd->advertising;
> >
> > - if (netif_running(dev))
> > - skge_phy_reset(skge);
> > + if (netif_running(dev)) {
> > + skge_down(dev);
> > + skge_up(dev);
> > + }
> >
> > return (0);
> > }
> > @@ -595,8 +597,10 @@ static int skge_set_pauseparam(struct ne
> > skge->flow_control = FLOW_MODE_NONE;
> > }
> >
> > - if (netif_running(dev))
> > - skge_phy_reset(skge);
> > + if (netif_running(dev)) {
> > + skge_down(dev);
> > + skge_up(dev);
> > + }
> >
> > return 0;
> > }
>
> Since skge_up can fail because of out of memory, this code needs to
> check the return value. And then if it fails the "limbo state" needs
> to be handled in skge_down.
How about like this? It is tested.
Thank you.
Signed-off-by: Zhang Xiaoming <xiaoming.zhang@resilience.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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