On Fri, Sep 28, 2007 at 11:12:17AM +0200, Juergen Beisert wrote: > > While network stress testing: > > [...] > NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0: transmit timed out > net eth0: transmit timed out > net eth0: queues didn't drain > net eth0: tx: index: 35, outdex: 36 > net eth0: rx: index: 24, outdex: 25 > PHY: f0003000:00 - Link is Down > PHY: f0003000:00 - Link is Up - 100/Full > > The link is up again, but any connection is dead (no answers to ping etc.). > But the serial console is still working. I'm not sure if the RT-Preempt patch > *causes* this behavior or only *discover* it. Any idea?
While the previous patch I sent fixed the reset path for the fec controller this patch makes sure the chip does not have to be resetted. Problem was that we ran out of receive buffers when we nmapped our board (nmap sends lots of small packages in a short period of time). By increasing the number of rx buffers this problem does not appear anymore. This patch produces a significant memory overhead to the driver of about 340k, so we might want to have this configurable as a module parameter. Let me know what the preferred way is, I can update the patch accordingly. Sascha Increase the number of RX packets in the fec_mpc52xx driver. This is necessary to no run out of rx packets when lots of small packets arrive in short time (for example when nmapping the board) Signed-off-by: Sascha Hauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- drivers/net/fec_mpc52xx/fec.h | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) Index: linux-2.6/drivers/net/fec_mpc52xx/fec.h =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.orig/drivers/net/fec_mpc52xx/fec.h +++ linux-2.6/drivers/net/fec_mpc52xx/fec.h @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ /* Tunable constant */ /* FEC_RX_BUFFER_SIZE includes 4 bytes for CRC32 */ #define FEC_RX_BUFFER_SIZE 1522 /* max receive packet size */ -#define FEC_RX_NUM_BD 64 +#define FEC_RX_NUM_BD 256 #define FEC_TX_NUM_BD 64 #define FEC_RESET_DELAY 50 /* uS */ -- Pengutronix - Linux Solutions for Science and Industry Entwicklungszentrum Nord http://www.pengutronix.de _______________________________________________ Linuxppc-embedded mailing list Linuxppc-embedded@ozlabs.org https://ozlabs.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxppc-embedded
