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Subject[68/91] e1000e: disable ASPM L1 on 82573
2.6.34-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let us know.

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From: Bruce Allan <bruce.w.allan@intel.com>

commit 19833b5dffe2f2e92a1b377f9aae9d5f32239512 upstream.

On the e1000-devel mailing list, Nils Faerber reported latency issues with
the 82573 LOM on a ThinkPad X60. It was found to be caused by ASPM L1;
disabling it resolves the latency. The issue is present in kernels back
to 2.6.34 and possibly 2.6.33.


Reported-by: Nils Faerber <nils.faerber@kernelconcepts.de>
Signed-off-by: Bruce Allan <bruce.w.allan@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>

---
drivers/net/e1000e/82571.c | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

--- a/drivers/net/e1000e/82571.c
+++ b/drivers/net/e1000e/82571.c
@@ -1826,6 +1826,7 @@ struct e1000_info e1000_82573_info = {
| FLAG_HAS_SMART_POWER_DOWN
| FLAG_HAS_AMT
| FLAG_HAS_SWSM_ON_LOAD,
+ .flags2 = FLAG2_DISABLE_ASPM_L1,
.pba = 20,
.max_hw_frame_size = ETH_FRAME_LEN + ETH_FCS_LEN,
.get_variants = e1000_get_variants_82571,



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