r8169: disable default rx interrupt coalescing on RTL8168
It was reported that re-introducing ASPM, in combination with RX interrupt coalescing, results in significantly increased packet latency, see [0]. Disabling ASPM or RX interrupt coalescing fixes the issue. Therefore change the driver's default to disable RX interrupt coalescing. Users still have the option to enable RX coalescing via ethtool. [0] https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=925496 Fixes: a99790bf ("r8169: Reinstate ASPM Support") Reported-by: Mike Crowe <mac@mcrowe.com> Signed-off-by: Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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