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[3/3,net-next] tg3: Fix poor tx performance on 57766 after MTU change

Message ID 1330908495-3758-3-git-send-email-mchan@broadcom.com
State Accepted, archived
Delegated to: David Miller
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Commit Message

Michael Chan March 5, 2012, 12:48 a.m. UTC
GRC reset causes the read DMA engine to go into a mode that breaks up
requests into 256 bytes.  A PHY reset is required to bring it back to
the normal mode.

Signed-off-by: Michael Chan <mchan@broadcom.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/tg3.c |   10 ++++++++--
 1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

Comments

David Miller March 5, 2012, 1:39 a.m. UTC | #1
From: "Michael Chan" <mchan@broadcom.com>
Date: Sun, 4 Mar 2012 16:48:15 -0800

> GRC reset causes the read DMA engine to go into a mode that breaks up
> requests into 256 bytes.  A PHY reset is required to bring it back to
> the normal mode.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Michael Chan <mchan@broadcom.com>

Applied.
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diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/tg3.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/tg3.c
index 0da93db..a8490a4 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/tg3.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/tg3.c
@@ -12267,7 +12267,7 @@  static inline void tg3_set_mtu(struct net_device *dev, struct tg3 *tp,
 static int tg3_change_mtu(struct net_device *dev, int new_mtu)
 {
 	struct tg3 *tp = netdev_priv(dev);
-	int err;
+	int err, reset_phy = 0;
 
 	if (new_mtu < TG3_MIN_MTU || new_mtu > TG3_MAX_MTU(tp))
 		return -EINVAL;
@@ -12290,7 +12290,13 @@  static int tg3_change_mtu(struct net_device *dev, int new_mtu)
 
 	tg3_set_mtu(dev, tp, new_mtu);
 
-	err = tg3_restart_hw(tp, 0);
+	/* Reset PHY, otherwise the read DMA engine will be in a mode that
+	 * breaks all requests to 256 bytes.
+	 */
+	if (GET_ASIC_REV(tp->pci_chip_rev_id) == ASIC_REV_57766)
+		reset_phy = 1;
+
+	err = tg3_restart_hw(tp, reset_phy);
 
 	if (!err)
 		tg3_netif_start(tp);