* Peter Horton <pdh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> [2006-02-18 22:08]: > This patch works around the MWI bug on the DC21143 rev 65 Tulip by > ensuring that the receive buffers don't end on a cache line boundary (as > documented in the errata). > > This patch is required for the MIPs based Cobalt Qube/RaQ as supporting > the extra PCI commands seems to reduce the chance of a hard lockup > between the Tulip and the PCI bridge. Does anyone have comments regarding this patch? I received confirmation from a number of Debian users that this patch significantly improves the lockup situation on Cobalt, so it would be nice if it could go in. -- Martin Michlmayr tbm@xxxxxxxxxx
