ixgbe: disable flow control by default
Since the adapter cannot tell what the remote end's flow control capability
is through auto-neg, we must turn off flow control by default.
Signed-off-by: Jesse Brandeburg <jesse.brandeburg@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@redhat.com>
diff --git a/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c b/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
index b5a9b9d..cba7a38 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
@@ -2446,8 +2446,12 @@
adapter->tx_eitr = 1;
/* default flow control settings */
- hw->fc.original_type = ixgbe_fc_full;
- hw->fc.type = ixgbe_fc_full;
+ hw->fc.original_type = ixgbe_fc_none;
+ hw->fc.type = ixgbe_fc_none;
+ hw->fc.high_water = IXGBE_DEFAULT_FCRTH;
+ hw->fc.low_water = IXGBE_DEFAULT_FCRTL;
+ hw->fc.pause_time = IXGBE_DEFAULT_FCPAUSE;
+ hw->fc.send_xon = true;
/* select 10G link by default */
hw->mac.link_mode_select = IXGBE_AUTOC_LMS_10G_LINK_NO_AN;
@@ -3587,13 +3591,6 @@
INIT_WORK(&adapter->reset_task, ixgbe_reset_task);
- /* initialize default flow control settings */
- hw->fc.original_type = ixgbe_fc_full;
- hw->fc.type = ixgbe_fc_full;
- hw->fc.high_water = IXGBE_DEFAULT_FCRTH;
- hw->fc.low_water = IXGBE_DEFAULT_FCRTL;
- hw->fc.pause_time = IXGBE_DEFAULT_FCPAUSE;
-
err = ixgbe_init_interrupt_scheme(adapter);
if (err)
goto err_sw_init;