e1000e: disable ASPM L1 on 82573
commit55bfc1769f8f2ad94c244dac429f1dd05cc34792
authorBruce Allan <bruce.w.allan@intel.com>
Thu, 19 Aug 2010 22:48:30 +0000 (19 15:48 -0700)
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
Thu, 26 Aug 2010 23:43:54 +0000 (26 16:43 -0700)
treeeec198e34121e160366b232edf0b90ff02bde17d
parent11ea3cff91994f03aaa2b52341a45f936dc67b53
e1000e: disable ASPM L1 on 82573

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