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Revert "sfc: Use write-combining to reduce TX latency" and follow-ups
authorBen Hutchings <bhutchings@solarflare.com>
Thu, 1 Sep 2011 12:09:29 +0000 (12:09 +0000)
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Thu, 15 Sep 2011 21:31:28 +0000 (17:31 -0400)
commit86c432ca5d6da90a26ac8d3e680f2268b502d9c5
tree6db2e039f5cecfbc1643f46e2da5c18ae9aaabe5
parent883cb075833e7e4356207569e0daefa2c2a3f700
Revert "sfc: Use write-combining to reduce TX latency" and follow-ups

This reverts commits 65f0b417dee94f779ce9b77102b7d73c93723b39,
d88d6b05fee3cc78e5b0273eb58c31201dcc6b76,
fcfa060468a4edcf776f0c1211d826d5de1668c1,
747df2258b1b9a2e25929ef496262c339c380009 and
867955f5682f7157fdafe8670804b9f8ea077bc7.

Depending on the processor model, write-combining may result in
reordering that the NIC will not tolerate.  This typically results
in a DMA error event and reset by the driver, logged as:

sfc 0000:0e:00.0: eth2: TX DMA Q reports TX_EV_PKT_ERR.
sfc 0000:0e:00.0: eth2: resetting (ALL)

Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@solarflare.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
drivers/net/sfc/efx.c
drivers/net/sfc/io.h
drivers/net/sfc/mcdi.c
drivers/net/sfc/nic.c
drivers/net/sfc/nic.h
drivers/net/sfc/siena.c
drivers/net/sfc/workarounds.h