+ /*
+ * 8168 hack: TxPoll requests are lost when the Tx packets are
+ * too close. Let's kick an extra TxPoll request when a burst
+ * of start_xmit activity is detected (if it is not detected,
+ * it is slow enough). -- FR
+ */
+ smp_rmb();
+ if (tp->cur_tx != dirty_tx)
+ RTL_W8(TxPoll, NPQ);