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-rw-r--r--drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c9
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c
index 86eed4761806..821e0142fa2c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c
@@ -1123,11 +1123,12 @@ static struct sk_buff *be_xmit_workarounds(struct be_adapter *adapter,
struct sk_buff *skb,
struct be_wrb_params *wrb_params)
{
- /* Lancer, SH-R ASICs have a bug wherein Packets that are 32 bytes or
- * less may cause a transmit stall on that port. So the work-around is
- * to pad short packets (<= 32 bytes) to a 36-byte length.
+ /* Lancer, SH and BE3 in SRIOV mode have a bug wherein
+ * packets that are 32b or less may cause a transmit stall
+ * on that port. The workaround is to pad such packets
+ * (len <= 32 bytes) to a minimum length of 36b.
*/
- if (unlikely(!BEx_chip(adapter) && skb->len <= 32)) {
+ if (skb->len <= 32) {
if (skb_put_padto(skb, 36))
return NULL;
}
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