From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261523AbVFPJ0a (ORCPT ); Thu, 16 Jun 2005 05:26:30 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261251AbVFPJ0a (ORCPT ); Thu, 16 Jun 2005 05:26:30 -0400 Received: from extgw-uk.mips.com ([62.254.210.129]:2828 "EHLO bacchus.net.dhis.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261246AbVFPJ0W (ORCPT ); Thu, 16 Jun 2005 05:26:22 -0400 Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2005 10:22:57 +0100 From: Ralf Baechle To: Finn Thain Cc: Geert Uytterhoeven , Jeff Garzik , Linux/m68k , Linux/m68k on Mac , Linux MIPS , Linux kernel , Thomas Bogendoerfer Subject: Re: [PATCH] Jazzsonic driver updates Message-ID: <20050616092257.GE5202@linux-mips.org> References: <200503070210.j272ARii023023@hera.kernel.org> <20050323100139.GB8813@linux-mips.org> <20050615114158.GA9411@linux-mips.org> <20050615142717.GD9411@linux-mips.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Jun 16, 2005 at 03:45:54AM +1000, Finn Thain wrote: > > ... the chip then decides where in that area the recieved packet gets > > buffered ... and that is why I was asking for an alternative to > > vdma_log2phys... > > But I forgot that it is possible to have the sonic chip store no more than > one packet in each buffer before moving to the next one in the ring > (though this isn't the case at present). So, as you say, vdma_log2phys > isn't really required. Using that option doesn't really seem a good idea anyway. Ralf