Re: [PATCH net-next v2 0/2] Allow disabling pause frames on panic

[Jakub Kicinski]

On Tue,  4 Nov 2025 14:13:46 -0800 Florian Fainelli wrote:
> This patch set allows disabling pause frame generation upon encountering
> a kernel panic. This has proven to be helpful in lab environments where
> devices are still being worked on, will panic for various reasons, and
> will occasionally take down the entire Ethernet switch they are attached to.

FWIW this still feels like a hack to work around having broken switches
to me :( Not sure how to stomach having a sysfs knob for every netdev on
the planet for one lab with cheap switches..

If anyone else has similar problems please speak up?