return;
 }
 
-static void __qeth_clear_output_buffer(struct qeth_qdio_out_q *queue,
-                struct qeth_qdio_out_buffer *buf, unsigned int qeth_skip_skb)
+static void qeth_clear_output_buffer(struct qeth_qdio_out_q *queue,
+               struct qeth_qdio_out_buffer *buf)
 {
        int i;
        struct sk_buff *skb;
        if (buf->buffer->element[0].flags & 0x40)
                atomic_dec(&queue->set_pci_flags_count);
 
-       if (!qeth_skip_skb) {
+       skb = skb_dequeue(&buf->skb_list);
+       while (skb) {
+               atomic_dec(&skb->users);
+               dev_kfree_skb_any(skb);
                skb = skb_dequeue(&buf->skb_list);
-               while (skb) {
-                       atomic_dec(&skb->users);
-                       dev_kfree_skb_any(skb);
-                       skb = skb_dequeue(&buf->skb_list);
-               }
        }
        for (i = 0; i < QETH_MAX_BUFFER_ELEMENTS(queue->card); ++i) {
                if (buf->buffer->element[i].addr && buf->is_header[i])
        atomic_set(&buf->state, QETH_QDIO_BUF_EMPTY);
 }
 
-static void qeth_clear_output_buffer(struct qeth_qdio_out_q *queue,
-               struct qeth_qdio_out_buffer *buf)
-{
-       __qeth_clear_output_buffer(queue, buf, 0);
-}
-
 void qeth_clear_qdio_buffers(struct qeth_card *card)
 {
        int i, j;
                }
        }
 
-       queue->sync_iqdio_error = 0;
        queue->card->dev->trans_start = jiffies;
        if (queue->card->options.performance_stats) {
                queue->card->perf_stats.outbound_do_qdio_cnt++;
                queue->card->perf_stats.outbound_do_qdio_time +=
                        qeth_get_micros() -
                        queue->card->perf_stats.outbound_do_qdio_start_time;
-       if (rc > 0) {
-               if (!(rc & QDIO_ERROR_SIGA_BUSY))
-                       queue->sync_iqdio_error = rc & 3;
-       }
        if (rc) {
                queue->card->stats.tx_errors += count;
                /* ignore temporary SIGA errors without busy condition */
        struct qeth_qdio_out_q *queue = card->qdio.out_qs[__queue];
        struct qeth_qdio_out_buffer *buffer;
        int i;
-       unsigned qeth_send_err;
 
        QETH_CARD_TEXT(card, 6, "qdouhdl");
        if (qdio_error & QDIO_ERROR_ACTIVATE_CHECK_CONDITION) {
        }
        for (i = first_element; i < (first_element + count); ++i) {
                buffer = &queue->bufs[i % QDIO_MAX_BUFFERS_PER_Q];
-               qeth_send_err = qeth_handle_send_error(card, buffer, qdio_error);
-               __qeth_clear_output_buffer(queue, buffer,
-                       (qeth_send_err == QETH_SEND_ERROR_RETRY) ? 1 : 0);
+               qeth_handle_send_error(card, buffer, qdio_error);
+               qeth_clear_output_buffer(queue, buffer);
        }
        atomic_sub(count, &queue->used_buffers);
        /* check if we need to do something on this outbound queue */
                int offset, int hd_len)
 {
        struct qeth_qdio_out_buffer *buffer;
-       struct sk_buff *skb1;
-       struct qeth_skb_data *retry_ctrl;
        int index;
-       int rc;
 
        /* spin until we get the queue ... */
        while (atomic_cmpxchg(&queue->state, QETH_OUT_Q_UNLOCKED,
        atomic_set(&queue->state, QETH_OUT_Q_UNLOCKED);
        qeth_fill_buffer(queue, buffer, skb, hdr, offset, hd_len);
        qeth_flush_buffers(queue, index, 1);
-       if (queue->sync_iqdio_error == 2) {
-               skb1 = skb_dequeue(&buffer->skb_list);
-               while (skb1) {
-                       atomic_dec(&skb1->users);
-                       skb1 = skb_dequeue(&buffer->skb_list);
-               }
-               retry_ctrl = (struct qeth_skb_data *) &skb->cb[16];
-               if (retry_ctrl->magic != QETH_SKB_MAGIC) {
-                       retry_ctrl->magic = QETH_SKB_MAGIC;
-                       retry_ctrl->count = 0;
-               }
-               if (retry_ctrl->count < QETH_SIGA_CC2_RETRIES) {
-                       retry_ctrl->count++;
-                       rc = dev_queue_xmit(skb);
-               } else {
-                       dev_kfree_skb_any(skb);
-                       QETH_CARD_TEXT(card, 2, "qrdrop");
-               }
-       }
        return 0;
 out:
        atomic_set(&queue->state, QETH_OUT_Q_UNLOCKED);