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Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2025 15:22:57 -0800
From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
To: Florian Fainelli <florian.fainelli@broadcom.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 0/2] Allow disabling pause frames on panic
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On Mon,  3 Nov 2025 11:46:29 -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.

Could you explain in more detail? What does it mean that a pause frame
takes down an Ethernet switch?