3c59x: shorten timer period for slave devices
authorEric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
Tue, 14 Feb 2012 10:27:09 +0000 (10:27 +0000)
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Tue, 14 Feb 2012 21:28:23 +0000 (16:28 -0500)
Jean Delvare reported bonding on top of 3c59x adapters was not detecting
network cable removal fast enough.

3c59x indeed uses a 60 seconds timer to check link status if carrier is
on, and 5 seconds if carrier is off.

This patch reduces timer period to 5 seconds if device is a bonding
slave.

Reported-by: Jean Delvare <jdelvare@suse.de>
Acked-by: Jean Delvare <jdelvare@suse.de>
Acked-by: Steffen Klassert <steffen.klassert@secunet.com>
Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

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