[PATCH] Retry frame transmission when libertas driver is busy.

[Javier Cardona]

Andres,

On 11/2/07, Andres Salomon <dilinger at queued.net> wrote:
> On Fri, 02 Nov 2007 12:54:35 -0700 (PDT)
> Ashish Shukla <javier at cozybit.com> wrote:
>
> So, uh.. This patch is from Javier, but was originally written by
> Ashish?  Did I get the attribution right? :)

It's from Ashish.  I just verified it and forwarded it on his behalf.

> Is this simply a workaround to make the driver more reliable with the
> (broken) p0 firmware, or is it an actual fix (ie, is the proper
> behavior to be returning NETDEV_TX_BUSY rather than dropping packets)?

It's an actual fix:  the driver should not drop frames in that
situation.  There is also a firmware fix that the QA team has tested
together with this patch.

Javier

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Javier Cardona
cozybit Inc.