> On Wed, Aug 05, 2015 at 02:04:28AM +0200, Hrvoje Popovski wrote: > > On 4.8.2015. 23:47, Stuart Henderson wrote: > > > On 2015/08/04 22:40, Stefan Fritsch wrote: > > >> someone mentioned to me the i217-LM problems that were reported on misc > > >> end of May. It is possible that the patch below helps. > > > > > > This fixes my Dell poweredge T20: > > > em0 at pci0 dev 25 function 0 "Intel I217-LM" rev 0x04: msi, address > > > f8:b1:56:... > > > > > > And doesn't break my X220: > > > em0 at pci0 dev 25 function 0 "Intel 82579LM" rev 0x04: msi, address > > > f0:de:f1:... > > I have the same revionsl 82579LM on this new-to-me X220, and I just ran some > tcpbench(1) tests through a vlan(4) with the patch. Seems to be fine though > I was > only testing end-to-end with an Alix using vr(4), so only 100BaseT.
the diff is unlikely to affect performance, specifically. it will affect cable plugins, removals, other link layer decisions, etc.
