Re: [PATCH] iw_cxgb4: set correct FetchBurstMax for QPs

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On Sun, Feb 05, 2017 at 07:41:45AM -0600, Steve Wise wrote:
> > > commit b414fa01c31318383ae29d9d23cb9ca4184bbd86
> > > Author: Steve Wise <swise@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Date:   Thu Dec 15 08:09:35 2016 -0800
> > >
> > >     iw_cxgb4: set correct FetchBurstMax for QPs
> > >
> > >     The current QP FetchBurstMax value is 256B, which
> > >     is incorrect since a WR can exceed that value.  The
> > >     result being a partial WR fetched by hardware, and
> > >     a fatal "bad WR" error posted by the SGE.
> > >
> > >     So bump the FetchBurstMax to 512B.
> > >
> > >     Signed-off-by: Steve Wise <swise@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > >     Signed-off-by: Doug Ledford <dledford@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > >
> > > I'm not sure if this is the correct way to request this, but I think I'm
> > > following _option_2 from Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt.
> > 
> > Now queued up.  Are you sure this isn't also needed in the 4.4-stable
> > tree?
> >
> 
> Hey Greg,  At first, I didn't think it is needed because, while the bug is
> indeed present in that code, it is only exposed (and causes problems) with
> the new T6 hardware.   But now I think I'd like the fix pulled in 4.4-stable
> to avoid any issues if T6 support is pulled into that base.

How would I pull "T6" support into that kernel?  I'm guessing that's a
much larger issue and isn't something that would normally happen in a
stable kernel release?

thanks,

greg k-h
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