1 files changed, 13 insertions, 13 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/smc91x.c b/drivers/net/smc91x.c
index a6c0628fdb21..fd80048f7f7a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/smc91x.c
+++ b/drivers/net/smc91x.c
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ MODULE_PARM_DESC(nowait, "set to 1 for no wait state");
 /*
  * Transmit timeout, default 5 seconds.
  */
-static int watchdog = 5000;
+static int watchdog = 1000;
 module_param(watchdog, int, 0400);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(watchdog, "transmit timeout in milliseconds");
 
@@ -660,15 +660,14 @@ static void smc_hardware_send_pkt(unsigned long data)
         SMC_outw(((len & 1) ? (0x2000 | buf[len-1]) : 0), ioaddr, DATA_REG);
 
         /*
-         * If THROTTLE_TX_PKTS is set, we look at the TX_EMPTY flag
-         * before queueing this packet for TX, and if it's clear then
-         * we stop the queue here.  This will have the effect of
-         * having at most 2 packets queued for TX in the chip's memory
-         * at all time. If THROTTLE_TX_PKTS is not set then the queue
-         * is stopped only when memory allocation (MC_ALLOC) does not
-         * succeed right away.
+         * If THROTTLE_TX_PKTS is set, we stop the queue here. This will
+         * have the effect of having at most one packet queued for TX
+         * in the chip's memory at all time.
+         *
+         * If THROTTLE_TX_PKTS is not set then the queue is stopped only
+         * when memory allocation (MC_ALLOC) does not succeed right away.
          */
-        if (THROTTLE_TX_PKTS && !(SMC_GET_INT() & IM_TX_EMPTY_INT))
+        if (THROTTLE_TX_PKTS)
                 netif_stop_queue(dev);
 
         /* queue the packet for TX */
@@ -1311,15 +1310,16 @@ static irqreturn_t smc_interrupt(int irq, void *dev_id, struct pt_regs *regs)
                 if (!status)
                         break;
 
-                if (status & IM_RCV_INT) {
-                        DBG(3, "%s: RX irq\n", dev->name);
-                        smc_rcv(dev);
-                } else if (status & IM_TX_INT) {
+                if (status & IM_TX_INT) {
+                        /* do this before RX as it will free memory quickly */
                         DBG(3, "%s: TX int\n", dev->name);
                         smc_tx(dev);
                         SMC_ACK_INT(IM_TX_INT);
                         if (THROTTLE_TX_PKTS)
                                 netif_wake_queue(dev);
+                } else if (status & IM_RCV_INT) {
+                        DBG(3, "%s: RX irq\n", dev->name);
+                        smc_rcv(dev);
                 } else if (status & IM_ALLOC_INT) {
                         DBG(3, "%s: Allocation irq\n", dev->name);
                         tasklet_hi_schedule(&lp->tx_task);