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-rw-r--r--hw/net/e1000.c8
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/hw/net/e1000.c b/hw/net/e1000.c
index 0387fa0646..09b9ab5377 100644
--- a/hw/net/e1000.c
+++ b/hw/net/e1000.c
@@ -357,6 +357,14 @@ set_interrupt_cause(E1000State *s, int index, uint32_t val)
}
mit_update_delay(&mit_delay, s->mac_reg[ITR]);
+ /*
+ * According to e1000 SPEC, the Ethernet controller guarantees
+ * a maximum observable interrupt rate of 7813 interrupts/sec.
+ * Thus if mit_delay < 500 then the delay should be set to the
+ * minimum delay possible which is 500.
+ */
+ mit_delay = (mit_delay < 500) ? 500 : mit_delay;
+
if (mit_delay) {
s->mit_timer_on = 1;
timer_mod(s->mit_timer, qemu_clock_get_ns(QEMU_CLOCK_VIRTUAL) +