[PATCH] ethoc: limit the number of buffers to 128

From: Thomas Chou
Date: Tue Oct 06 2009 - 09:25:26 EST


Only 128 buffer descriptors are supported in the core. Limit the
number in case we have more memory.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Chou <thomas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/ethoc.c | 4 ++--
1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethoc.c b/drivers/net/ethoc.c
index 6d82dc6..34d0c69 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethoc.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethoc.c
@@ -662,8 +662,8 @@ static int ethoc_open(struct net_device *dev)
if (ret)
return ret;

- /* calculate the number of TX/RX buffers */
- num_bd = (dev->mem_end - dev->mem_start + 1) / ETHOC_BUFSIZ;
+ /* calculate the number of TX/RX buffers, maximum 128 supported */
+ num_bd = min(128, (dev->mem_end - dev->mem_start + 1) / ETHOC_BUFSIZ);
priv->num_tx = max(min_tx, num_bd / 4);
priv->num_rx = num_bd - priv->num_tx;
ethoc_write(priv, TX_BD_NUM, priv->num_tx);
--
1.6.2.5

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