[PATCH] e1000: Fix TX queue length based on link speed

10/100 speeds seem to have some problems reporting false tx timeouts especially at half duplex.  Fixed by using a timeout factor to attempt to mitigate the false timeouts.

Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Jesse Brandeburg <jesse.brandeburg@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: John Ronciak <john.ronciak@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>

1 files changed, 15 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_main.c b/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_main.c
index cefc7cc092a7..cf4fc5117032 100644
--- a/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_main.c
@@ -2319,6 +2319,21 @@ e1000_watchdog_task(struct e1000_adapter *adapter)
                                adapter->link_duplex == FULL_DUPLEX ?
                                "Full Duplex" : "Half Duplex");
 
+                        /* tweak tx_queue_len according to speed/duplex */
+                        netdev->tx_queue_len = adapter->tx_queue_len;
+                        adapter->tx_timeout_factor = 1;
+                        if (adapter->link_duplex == HALF_DUPLEX) {
+                                switch (adapter->link_speed) {
+                                case SPEED_10:
+                                        netdev->tx_queue_len = 10;
+                                        adapter->tx_timeout_factor = 8;
+                                        break;
+                                case SPEED_100:
+                                        netdev->tx_queue_len = 100;
+                                        break;
+                                }
+                        }
+
                         netif_carrier_on(netdev);
                         netif_wake_queue(netdev);
                         mod_timer(&adapter->phy_info_timer, jiffies + 2 * HZ);