On Wed, 2007-05-16 at 17:23 -0500, Linas Vepstas wrote: > Another way of minimizing the likelyhood of RX ram from overflowing > is to empty out the entire rx ring every chance we get. Change > the crazy watchdog timeout from 50 seconds to 3 seconds, while > we're here. > > Signed-off-by: Linas Vepstas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > ---- > drivers/net/spider_net.h | 9 +++++++-- > 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > Index: linux-2.6.22-rc1/drivers/net/spider_net.h > =================================================================== > --- linux-2.6.22-rc1.orig/drivers/net/spider_net.h 2007-05-16 > 12:00:35.000000000 -0500 > +++ linux-2.6.22-rc1/drivers/net/spider_net.h 2007-05-16 12:00:35.000000000 > -0500 > @@ -56,8 +56,13 @@ extern char spider_net_driver_name[]; > > #define SPIDER_NET_RX_CSUM_DEFAULT 1 > > -#define SPIDER_NET_WATCHDOG_TIMEOUT 50*HZ > -#define SPIDER_NET_NAPI_WEIGHT 64 > +#define SPIDER_NET_WATCHDOG_TIMEOUT 3*HZ > + > +/* We really really want to empty the ring buffer every time, > + * so as to avoid the RX ram full bug. So set te napi wieght
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