net: stmmac: Set Flow Control to automatic mode in the driver
authorJose Abreu <Jose.Abreu@synopsys.com>
Wed, 17 Apr 2019 07:33:05 +0000 (09:33 +0200)
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Wed, 17 Apr 2019 17:14:28 +0000 (10:14 -0700)
By default Flow Control feature is not being enabled in stmmac.

This is a useful feature that can prevent loss of packets and now that
XGMAC already supports it (along with GMAC and QoS) it makes sense to
activate it.

Switch the module parameter to FLOW_AUTO so that Flow Control is
activated.

Signed-off-by: Jose Abreu <joabreu@synopsys.com>
Cc: Joao Pinto <jpinto@synopsys.com>
Cc: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Cc: Giuseppe Cavallaro <peppe.cavallaro@st.com>
Cc: Alexandre Torgue <alexandre.torgue@st.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c

index a26e36d..7a895a2 100644 (file)
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ MODULE_PARM_DESC(phyaddr, "Physical device address");
 #define STMMAC_TX_THRESH       (DMA_TX_SIZE / 4)
 #define STMMAC_RX_THRESH       (DMA_RX_SIZE / 4)
 
-static int flow_ctrl = FLOW_OFF;
+static int flow_ctrl = FLOW_AUTO;
 module_param(flow_ctrl, int, 0644);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(flow_ctrl, "Flow control ability [on/off]");