Re: [PATCH net-next 0/8] Improve GbEth performance on Renesas RZ/G2L and related SoCs

[Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>]

On Fri, Feb 02, 2024 at 09:39:42AM +0000, Paul Barker wrote:
> On 31/01/2024 18:26, Andrew Lunn wrote:
> >> Changes are made specific to the GbEth IP, avoiding potential impact on
> >> the other Renesas R-Car based SoCs which also use the ravb driver. This
> >> follows the principle of only submitting patches that we can fully test.
> >  
> > Are you saying that Renesas does not have access to all Renesas RDKs?
> > 
> > I don't particularly like the way your first patch makes a copy of
> > shared functions. Is it not likely that R-Car would also benefit from
> > this?
> 
> We have the required RDKs. For the R-Car based SoCs, we need to confirm
> that gPTP still works if we change the poll/receive code paths - this
> will require an AVB-capable network switch and additional time to test.
> So our plan was to handle the GbEth code paths first without affecting
> R-Car, then follow up with another patch set for the R-Car code paths
> when we've done the required tests.
> 
> I discussed this with our team, and we're happy to do this in one go for
> both R-Car and GbEth code paths if that's preferred.

Hi Paul

I think it would be simpler, since you would then need to recombine
the code paths you have just split. Its better to not split them in
the first place if possible.

    Andrew