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Commit 8d4bd96b authored by Michael Chan's avatar Michael Chan Committed by David S. Miller
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bnxt_en: Eliminate unnecessary RX resets.



Currently, the driver will schedule RX ring reset when we get a buffer
error in the RX completion record.  These RX buffer errors can be due
to normal out-of-buffer conditions or a permanent error in the RX
ring.  Because the driver cannot distinguish between these 2
conditions, we assume all these buffer errors require reset.

This is very disruptive when it is just a normal out-of-buffer
condition.  Newer firmware will now monitor the rings for the permanent
failure and will send a notification to the driver when it happens.
This allows the driver to reset only when such a notification is
received.  In environments where we have predominently out-of-buffer
conditions, we now can avoid these unnecessary resets.

Reviewed-by: default avatarEdwin Peer <edwin.peer@broadcom.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarMichael Chan <michael.chan@broadcom.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
parent 1b5c8b63
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