From f4e2c6db7f4453ed5fb2e4342128d0ee3cfcf6bd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bruce Allan Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:22:39 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] e1000e: clearing interrupt timers causes descriptors to get flushed Clearing the interrupt timers following an IMS clear has the unwanted side-effect of flushing all descriptors immediately following a partial write when interrupts are disabled. Signed-off-by: Bruce Allan Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- drivers/net/e1000e/netdev.c | 2 -- 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/e1000e/netdev.c b/drivers/net/e1000e/netdev.c index 3caa1d5893c4..3845fb698b4d 100644 --- a/drivers/net/e1000e/netdev.c +++ b/drivers/net/e1000e/netdev.c @@ -2441,8 +2441,6 @@ static void e1000_configure_rx(struct e1000_adapter *adapter) ew32(ITR, 1000000000 / (adapter->itr * 256)); ctrl_ext = er32(CTRL_EXT); - /* Reset delay timers after every interrupt */ - ctrl_ext |= E1000_CTRL_EXT_INT_TIMER_CLR; /* Auto-Mask interrupts upon ICR access */ ctrl_ext |= E1000_CTRL_EXT_IAME; ew32(IAM, 0xffffffff); -- 2.30.2