On Sat, May 19, 2012 at 4:59 AM, Greg KH <[email protected]> wrote: >> This patch added the processing which should be done to hardware, >> when a FIFO over run error occurred. >> >> commit 124d770a6459be21b84445f6ebf7dbfb60d43585 >> Kernel 3.0 >> >> Cc: [email protected] >> Signed-off-by: Toshiharu Okada <[email protected]> >> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <[email protected]> >> Signed-off-by: Tomoya MORINAGA <[email protected]> >> --- >> drivers/net/pch_gbe/pch_gbe.h | 12 ++- >> drivers/net/pch_gbe/pch_gbe_main.c | 271 >> ++++++++++++++++++++++-------------- >> 2 files changed, 179 insertions(+), 104 deletions(-) > > That's way too big for a stable tree, sorry, I can not apply this. >
You are right, this patch is too big. However, this patch is very important for serious issue. In case of occurring FIFO overrun, system becomes hang-up. FIFO overrun occurs when receiving high load packet. If possible, I want you to accept this patch for linux-3.0. thanks. -- ROHM Co., Ltd. tomoya -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
