On Wed, Apr 14, 2021 at 09:40:51AM +0200, Heiner Kallweit wrote:
> It has been reported [0] that using pause frames in jumbo mode impacts
> performance. There's no available chip documentation, but vendor
> drivers r8168 and r8125 don't advertise pause in jumbo mode. So let's
> do the same, according to Roman it fixes the issue.
>
> [0] https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=212617
>
> Fixes: 9cf9b84cc701 ("r8169: make use of phy_set_asym_pause")
> Reported-by: Roman Mamedov <rm+...@romanrm.net>
> Tested-by: Roman Mamedov <rm+...@romanrm.net>
> Signed-off-by: Heiner Kallweit <hkallwe...@gmail.com>
> ---
> This patch doesn't apply cleanly on some kernel versions, but the needed
> changes are trivial.
> ---
> drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169_main.c | 9 +++++++--
> 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
<formletter>
This is not the correct way to submit patches for inclusion in the
stable kernel tree. Please read:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/stable-kernel-rules.html
for how to do this properly.
</formletter>
