Re: [E1000-devel] link flaps and tx dma

2012-11-30 Thread Abodunrin, Akeem G
velopment LAN Access Division Intel Corporation -Original Message- From: ratheesh kannoth [mailto:ratheesh@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2012 10:58 PM To: e1000-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [E1000-devel] link flaps and tx dma Hi, igb driver, Linux platform Suppo

[E1000-devel] link flaps and tx dma

2012-11-29 Thread ratheesh kannoth
Hi, igb driver, Linux platform Suppose dma to tx ring is successful and There are a lot of link flaps happens in short period of time. So 1) NIC will queue these packets and try to transmit when link becomes up again ? 2) Suppose a lot of dma happens , where the new packets will store ? 3) H