There is no reason to delay tx queue activation until a link is detected. So start the queue when the interface is brought up and stop it when the interface is brought down. Signed-off-by: Lino Sanfilippo <LinoSanfilippo@xxxxxx> --- drivers/staging/slicoss/slicoss.c | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/staging/slicoss/slicoss.c b/drivers/staging/slicoss/slicoss.c index 4dba080..577c2d2 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/slicoss/slicoss.c +++ b/drivers/staging/slicoss/slicoss.c @@ -1028,7 +1028,6 @@ static void slic_link_upr_complete(struct adapter *adapter, u32 isr) /* setup the mac */ slic_config_set(adapter, true); adapter->linkstate = LINK_UP; - netif_start_queue(adapter->netdev); netif_carrier_on(adapter->netdev); } } @@ -2419,7 +2418,6 @@ static int slic_entry_open(struct net_device *dev) unsigned long flags; int status; - netif_stop_queue(adapter->netdev); netif_carrier_off(dev); spin_lock_irqsave(&slic_global.driver_lock, flags); @@ -2443,6 +2441,9 @@ static int slic_entry_open(struct net_device *dev) spin_unlock: spin_unlock_irqrestore(&slic_global.driver_lock, flags); + + netif_start_queue(adapter->netdev); + return status; } -- 1.9.1 _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/driverdev-devel