e1000e: Fix default interrupt throttle rate not set in NIC HW
Based on the original patch from Ying Cai <
[email protected]>
This change ensures that the itr/itr_setting adjustment logic is used,
even for the default/compiled-in value.
Context:
When we changed the default InterruptThrottleRate value from default
(3 = dynamic mode) to 8000 for example, only adapter->itr_setting
(which controls interrupt coalescing mode) was set to 8000, but
adapter->itr (which controls the value set in NIC register) was not
updated accordingly. So from ethtool, it seemed the interrupt
throttling is enabled at 8000 intr/s, but the NIC actually was
running in dynamic mode which has lower CPU efficiency especially
when throughput is not high.
CC: Ying Cai <[email protected]>
CC: David Decotigny <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <[email protected]>
Tested-by: Aaron Brown <[email protected]>