From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S935568Ab2KAOtm (ORCPT ); Thu, 1 Nov 2012 10:49:42 -0400 Received: from 3.mo4.mail-out.ovh.net ([46.105.57.129]:52005 "EHLO mo4.mail-out.ovh.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754175Ab2KAOt0 (ORCPT ); Thu, 1 Nov 2012 10:49:26 -0400 Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2012 15:47:07 +0100 From: Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD To: Nicolas Ferre Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, davem@davemloft.net, havard@skinnemoen.net, bhutchings@solarflare.com, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, patrice.vilchez@atmel.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, manabian@gmail.com, David.Laight@ACULAB.COM X-Ovh-Mailout: 178.32.228.4 (mo4.mail-out.ovh.net) Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 00/10] net/macb: driver enhancement concerning GEM support, ring logic and cleanup Message-ID: <20121101144707.GH19021@game.jcrosoft.org> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-PGP-Key: http://uboot.jcrosoft.org/plagnioj.asc X-PGP-key-fingerprint: 6309 2BBA 16C8 3A07 1772 CC24 DEFC FFA3 279C CE7C User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) X-Ovh-Tracer-Id: 10057945343622228844 X-Ovh-Remote: 213.251.161.87 (ns32433.ovh.net) X-Ovh-Local: 213.186.33.20 (ns0.ovh.net) X-OVH-SPAMSTATE: OK X-OVH-SPAMSCORE: -100 X-OVH-SPAMCAUSE: gggruggvucftvghtrhhoucdtuddrfeehfedrvdegucetufdoteggodetrfcurfhrohhfihhlvgemucfqggfjnecuuegrihhlohhuthemuceftddtnecusecvtfgvtghiphhivghnthhsucdlqddutddtmdenucfhrhhomheplfgvrghnqdevhhhrihhsthhophhhvgcurffntefipffkqffnqdggkffnnfettfffuceophhlrghgnhhiohhjsehjtghrohhsohhfthdrtghomheqnecujfgurhepfffhvffukfhfgggtuggjfgesthdttfdttdervd X-Spam-Check: DONE|U 0.5/N X-VR-SPAMSTATE: OK X-VR-SPAMSCORE: -100 X-VR-SPAMCAUSE: gggruggvucftvghtrhhoucdtuddrfeehfedrvdegucetufdoteggodetrfcurfhrohhfihhlvgemucfqggfjnecuuegrihhlohhuthemuceftddtnecusecvtfgvtghiphhivghnthhsucdlqddutddtmdenucfhrhhomheplfgvrghnqdevhhhrihhsthhophhhvgcurffntefipffkqffnqdggkffnnfettfffuceophhlrghgnhhiohhjsehjtghrohhsohhfthdrtghomheqnecujfgurhepfffhvffukfhfgggtuggjfgesthdttfdttdervd Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On 17:04 Wed 31 Oct , Nicolas Ferre wrote: > This is an enhancement work that began several years ago. I try to catchup with > some performance improvement that has been implemented then by Havard. > The ring index logic and the TX error path modification are the biggest changes > but some cleanup/debugging have been added along the way. > The GEM revision will benefit from the Gigabit support. > Newer pinctrl infrastructure support is added but it is optional. > > The series has been tested on several Atmel AT91 SoC with the two MACB/GEM > flavors. > > v4: - remove unneeded device tree header includes > - modified the computation of available entries in ring buffer > v3: - rebased on net-next to take into account current effor to merge > at91_ether with macb drivers > - add additional patch to use the new pinctrl infrastructure > v2: - modify the tx error handling: now uses a workqueue > - information provided by ethtool -i were not accurate: removed > > > Havard Skinnemoen (4): > net/macb: memory barriers cleanup > net/macb: change debugging messages > net/macb: clean up ring buffer logic > net/macb: Offset first RX buffer by two bytes > > Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD (1): > net/macb: add pinctrl consumer support > > Nicolas Ferre (4): > net/macb: remove macb_get_drvinfo() > net/macb: tx status is more than 8 bits now > net/macb: ethtool interface: add register dump feature > net/macb: better manage tx errors > > Patrice Vilchez (1): > net/macb: Add support for Gigabit Ethernet mode > > drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/at91_ether.c | 6 +- > drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb.c | 448 +++++++++++++++++++++--------- > drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb.h | 30 +- > 3 files changed, 337 insertions(+), 147 deletions(-) Acked-by: Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD Best Regards, J. > > -- > 1.8.0 >