From fd70b698a14e58cdd9f35715f9594a9084ac54c0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Don Skidmore Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2011 22:53:47 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] ixgbe: fix for 82599 erratum on Header Splitting commit a124339ad28389093ed15eca990d39c51c5736cc upstream. We have found a hardware erratum on 82599 hardware that can lead to unpredictable behavior when Header Splitting mode is enabled. So we are no longer enabling this feature on affected hardware. Please see the 82599 Specification Update for more information. Signed-off-by: Don Skidmore Tested-by: Stephen Ko Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c | 11 +++++++++-- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c b/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c index e32af434cc9dd..0e7f086d28db3 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c +++ b/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c @@ -2651,9 +2651,16 @@ static void ixgbe_configure_rx(struct ixgbe_adapter *adapter) int rx_buf_len; /* Decide whether to use packet split mode or not */ + /* On by default */ + adapter->flags |= IXGBE_FLAG_RX_PS_ENABLED; + /* Do not use packet split if we're in SR-IOV Mode */ - if (!adapter->num_vfs) - adapter->flags |= IXGBE_FLAG_RX_PS_ENABLED; + if (adapter->num_vfs) + adapter->flags &= ~IXGBE_FLAG_RX_PS_ENABLED; + + /* Disable packet split due to 82599 erratum #45 */ + if (hw->mac.type == ixgbe_mac_82599EB) + adapter->flags &= ~IXGBE_FLAG_RX_PS_ENABLED; /* Set the RX buffer length according to the mode */ if (adapter->flags & IXGBE_FLAG_RX_PS_ENABLED) { -- 2.47.2