igbvf: avoid reset storms due to mailbox issues
authorAlexander Duyck <alexander.h.duyck@intel.com>
Sat, 12 Dec 2009 06:58:14 +0000 (22:58 -0800)
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Sat, 12 Dec 2009 06:58:14 +0000 (22:58 -0800)
From: Alexander Duyck <alexander.h.duyck@intel.com>

This change makes it so that reset/interrupt storms can be avoided when
there are mailbox issues.  The new behavior is to only allow the device to
trigger mailbox related resets only once every 10 seconds.

Signed-off-by: Alexander Duyck <alexander.h.duyck@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

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