This patch fixes a wrong check on num_txbdfree. It could lead to num_txbdfree 
become nagative.
Result was that the gianfar stops sending data.


Signed-off-by: Rini van Zetten <rini at arvoo dot nl>
---
 drivers/net/gianfar.c |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/gianfar.c b/drivers/net/gianfar.c
index 7ef1ffd..2dc3bd3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/gianfar.c
+++ b/drivers/net/gianfar.c
@@ -1284,9 +1284,8 @@ static int gfar_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct 
net_device *dev)
        spin_lock_irqsave(&priv->txlock, flags);

        /* check if there is space to queue this packet */
-       if (nr_frags > priv->num_txbdfree) {
+       if ( (nr_frags+1) > priv->num_txbdfree) {
                /* no space, stop the queue */
                netif_stop_queue(dev);
                dev->stats.tx_fifo_errors++;
                spin_unlock_irqrestore(&priv->txlock, flags);
--


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