MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(pci, rtl8169_pci_tbl);
-static int rx_copybreak = 200;
+/*
+ * we set our copybreak very high so that we don't have
+ * to allocate 16k frames all the time (see note in
+ * rtl8169_open()
+ */
+static int rx_copybreak = 16383;
static int use_dac;
static struct {
u32 msg_enable;
spin_lock_irq(&tp->lock);
RTL_W8(Cfg9346, Cfg9346_Unlock);
- RTL_W32(MAC0, low);
RTL_W32(MAC4, high);
+ RTL_W32(MAC0, low);
RTL_W8(Cfg9346, Cfg9346_Lock);
spin_unlock_irq(&tp->lock);
}
static void rtl8169_set_rxbufsize(struct rtl8169_private *tp,
- struct net_device *dev)
+ unsigned int mtu)
{
- unsigned int max_frame = dev->mtu + VLAN_ETH_HLEN + ETH_FCS_LEN;
+ unsigned int max_frame = mtu + VLAN_ETH_HLEN + ETH_FCS_LEN;
+
+ if (max_frame != 16383)
+ printk(KERN_WARNING PFX "WARNING! Changing of MTU on this "
+ "NIC may lead to frame reception errors!\n");
tp->rx_buf_sz = (max_frame > RX_BUF_SIZE) ? max_frame : RX_BUF_SIZE;
}
int retval = -ENOMEM;
- rtl8169_set_rxbufsize(tp, dev);
+ /*
+ * Note that we use a magic value here, its wierd I know
+ * its done because, some subset of rtl8169 hardware suffers from
+ * a problem in which frames received that are longer than
+ * the size set in RxMaxSize register return garbage sizes
+ * when received. To avoid this we need to turn off filtering,
+ * which is done by setting a value of 16383 in the RxMaxSize register
+ * and allocating 16k frames to handle the largest possible rx value
+ * thats what the magic math below does.
+ */
+ rtl8169_set_rxbufsize(tp, 16383 - VLAN_ETH_HLEN - ETH_FCS_LEN);
/*
* Rx and Tx desscriptors needs 256 bytes alignment.
rtl8169_down(dev);
- rtl8169_set_rxbufsize(tp, dev);
+ rtl8169_set_rxbufsize(tp, dev->mtu);
ret = rtl8169_init_ring(dev);
if (ret < 0)
mc_filter[1] = swab32(data);
}
- RTL_W32(MAR0 + 0, mc_filter[0]);
RTL_W32(MAR0 + 4, mc_filter[1]);
+ RTL_W32(MAR0 + 0, mc_filter[0]);
RTL_W32(RxConfig, tmp);