Re: [PATCH v2 0/9] net/macb: driver enhancement concerning GEM support,ring logic and cleanup

From: Nicolas Ferre
Date: Fri Oct 26 2012 - 11:25:08 EST


David,

On 09/19/2012 01:55 PM, Nicolas Ferre :
> 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.
>
> The series has been tested on several Atmel AT91 SoC with the two MACB/GEM
> flavors.
>
> v2: - modify the tx error handling: now uses a workqueue
> - information provided by ethtool -i were not accurate: removed

I am about to re-send this patch series. Should I rebase it on top of
Joachim's recent modifications? I mean, I plan to rebase them on top of
net-next, is it the proper thing to do?

> 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
>
> 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/macb.c | 433 +++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------
> drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb.h | 30 ++-
> 2 files changed, 321 insertions(+), 142 deletions(-)

Best regards,
--
Nicolas Ferre
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