1 files changed, 12 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/smc91x.c b/drivers/net/smc91x.c
index c91e2e81f131..1021108e9a25 100644
--- a/drivers/net/smc91x.c
+++ b/drivers/net/smc91x.c
@@ -155,6 +155,12 @@ MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 #define MEMORY_WAIT_TIME        16
 
 /*
+ * The maximum number of processing loops allowed for each call to the
+ * IRQ handler.  
+ */
+#define MAX_IRQ_LOOPS           8
+
+/*
  * This selects whether TX packets are sent one by one to the SMC91x internal
  * memory and throttled until transmission completes.  This may prevent
  * RX overruns a litle by keeping much of the memory free for RX packets
@@ -684,7 +690,6 @@ static void smc_hardware_send_pkt(unsigned long data)
 
         /* queue the packet for TX */
         SMC_SET_MMU_CMD(MC_ENQUEUE);
-        SMC_ACK_INT(IM_TX_EMPTY_INT);
         smc_special_unlock(&lp->lock);
 
         dev->trans_start = jiffies;
@@ -1305,7 +1310,7 @@ static irqreturn_t smc_interrupt(int irq, void *dev_id, struct pt_regs *regs)
         SMC_SET_INT_MASK(0);
 
         /* set a timeout value, so I don't stay here forever */
-        timeout = 8;
+        timeout = MAX_IRQ_LOOPS;
 
         do {
                 status = SMC_GET_INT();
@@ -1372,10 +1377,13 @@ static irqreturn_t smc_interrupt(int irq, void *dev_id, struct pt_regs *regs)
         /* restore register states */
         SMC_SET_PTR(saved_pointer);
         SMC_SET_INT_MASK(mask);
-
         spin_unlock(&lp->lock);
 
-        DBG(3, "%s: Interrupt done (%d loops)\n", dev->name, 8-timeout);
+        if (timeout == MAX_IRQ_LOOPS)
+                PRINTK("%s: spurious interrupt (mask = 0x%02x)\n",
+                       dev->name, mask);
+        DBG(3, "%s: Interrupt done (%d loops)\n",
+               dev->name, MAX_IRQ_LOOPS - timeout);
 
         /*
          * We return IRQ_HANDLED unconditionally here even if there was