[ 3.8.y.z extended stable ] Patch "ixgbe: Fix Tx Hang issue with lldpad on 82598EB" has been added to staging queue

[Kamal Mostafa]

This is a note to let you know that I have just added a patch titled

    ixgbe: Fix Tx Hang issue with lldpad on 82598EB

to the linux-3.8.y-queue branch of the 3.8.y.z extended stable tree 
which can be found at:

 http://kernel.ubuntu.com/git?p=ubuntu/linux.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/linux-3.8.y-queue

This patch is scheduled to be released in version 3.8.13.7.

If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to this tree, please 
reply to this email.

For more information about the 3.8.y.z tree, see
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/Dev/ExtendedStable

Thanks.
-Kamal

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>From 9360ff219cf301ed97373e87d4d9acba4cd9b50c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jacob Keller <jacob.e.keller at intel.com>
Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2013 05:46:35 -0700
Subject: ixgbe: Fix Tx Hang issue with lldpad on 82598EB

commit 1eb9ac14c34a948bf1538bfb9034e8ab29099a64 upstream.

This patch fixes an issue with the 82598EB device, where lldpad is causing Tx
Hangs on the card as soon as it attempts to configure DCB for the device. The
adapter will continually Tx hang and reset in a loop.

Signed-off-by: Jacob Keller <jacob.e.keller at intel.com>
Tested-by: Phil Schmitt <phillip.j.schmitt at intel.com>
Tested-by: Jack Morgan <jack.morgan at intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher at intel.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem at davemloft.net>
Signed-off-by: Kamal Mostafa <kamal at canonical.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_dcb_82598.c | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_dcb_82598.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_dcb_82598.c
index 87592b4..b3c05de 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_dcb_82598.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_dcb_82598.c
@@ -108,9 +108,8 @@ s32 ixgbe_dcb_config_tx_desc_arbiter_82598(struct ixgbe_hw *hw,

 	/* Enable arbiter */
 	reg &= ~IXGBE_DPMCS_ARBDIS;
-	/* Enable DFP and Recycle mode */
-	reg |= (IXGBE_DPMCS_TDPAC | IXGBE_DPMCS_TRM);
 	reg |= IXGBE_DPMCS_TSOEF;
+
 	/* Configure Max TSO packet size 34KB including payload and headers */
 	reg |= (0x4 << IXGBE_DPMCS_MTSOS_SHIFT);

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1.8.1.2