[PATCH] skge: silence mac data parity messages

Using Genesis board, I get harmless error reports. Rather than console
error, turn it into a error counter.

Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>

1 files changed, 9 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/skge.c b/drivers/net/skge.c
index 5cacc7ad9e79..1ba0ab596abd 100644
--- a/drivers/net/skge.c
+++ b/drivers/net/skge.c
@@ -2633,11 +2633,17 @@ static inline void skge_tx_intr(struct net_device *dev)
         spin_unlock(&skge->tx_lock);
 }
 
+/* Parity errors seem to happen when Genesis is connected to a switch
+ * with no other ports present. Heartbeat error??
+ */
 static void skge_mac_parity(struct skge_hw *hw, int port)
 {
-        printk(KERN_ERR PFX "%s: mac data parity error\n",
-               hw->dev[port] ? hw->dev[port]->name
-               : (port == 0 ? "(port A)": "(port B"));
+        struct net_device *dev = hw->dev[port];
+
+        if (dev) {
+                struct skge_port *skge = netdev_priv(dev);
+                ++skge->net_stats.tx_heartbeat_errors;
+        }
 
         if (hw->chip_id == CHIP_ID_GENESIS)
                 skge_write16(hw, SK_REG(port, TX_MFF_CTRL1),