Re: [PATCH net] r8169: don't advertise pause in jumbo mode

On Wed, Apr 14, 2021 at 09:40:51AM +0200, Heiner Kallweit wrote:

It has been reported [0] that using pause frames in jumbo mode impacts
performance. There's no available chip documentation, but vendor
drivers r8168 and r8125 don't advertise pause in jumbo mode. So let's
do the same, according to Roman it fixes the issue.

[0] https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=212617

Fixes: 9cf9b84cc701 ("r8169: make use of phy_set_asym_pause")
Reported-by: Roman Mamedov <redacted>
Tested-by: Roman Mamedov <redacted>
Signed-off-by: Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@gmail.com>
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This patch doesn't apply cleanly on some kernel versions, but the needed
changes are trivial.
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 drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169_main.c | 9 +++++++--
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

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This is not the correct way to submit patches for inclusion in the
stable kernel tree.  Please read:
    https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/stable-kernel-rules.html
for how to do this properly.

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