[PATCH v5 net-next 0/7] Support Armada 37xx SoC (ARMv8 64-bits) in mvneta driver

[gregory.clement@free-electrons.com (Gregory CLEMENT)]

Hi Marcin,
 
 On jeu., d?c. 01 2016, Marcin Wojtas <mw@semihalf.com> wrote:

> Hi Gregory,
>
> Checked on a388-gp with and without HWBM, also both ports work on
> a3700 (second one after changing to sgmii).
>
> Tested-by: Marcin Wojtas <mw@semihalf.com>

Thanks, I am going to send a new version with tour tested-by and the dts
fix for the second port.

Gregory

>
> Best regards,
> Marcin
>
> 2016-11-30 22:42 GMT+01:00 Gregory CLEMENT <gregory.clement@free-electrons.com>:
>> Hi,
>>
>> The Armada 37xx is a new ARMv8 SoC from Marvell using same network
>> controller as the older Armada 370/38x/XP SoCs. This series adapts the
>> driver in order to be able to use it on this new SoC. The main changes
>> are:
>>
>> - 64-bits support: the first patches allow using the driver on a 64-bit
>>   architecture.
>>
>> - MBUS support: the mbus configuration is different on Armada 37xx
>>   from the older SoCs.
>>
>> - per cpu interrupt: Armada 37xx do not support per cpu interrupt for
>>   the NETA IP, the non-per-CPU behavior was added back.
>>
>> The first patch is an optimization in the rx path in swbm mode.
>> The second patch remove unnecessary allocation for HWBM.
>> The first item is solved by patches 4 and 5.
>> The 2 last items are solved by patch 6.
>> In patch 7 the dt support is added.
>>
>> Beside Armada 37xx, this series have been again tested on Armada XP
>> and Armada 38x (with Hardware Buffer Management and with Software
>> Buffer Management).
>>
>> This is the 5th version of the series:
>> - 1st version:
>> http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/linux-arm-kernel/2016-November/469588.html
>>
>> - 2nd version:
>> http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/linux-arm-kernel/2016-November/470476.html
>>
>> - 3rd version:
>> http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/linux-arm-kernel/2016-November/470901.html
>>
>> - 4th version:
>> http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/linux-arm-kernel/2016-November/471039.html
>>
>> Changelog:
>> v4 -> v5:
>>  - remove unnecessary cast in patch 3
>>
>> v3 -> v4:
>>  - Adding new patch: "net: mvneta: do not allocate buffer in rxq init
>>    with HWBM"
>>
>>  - Simplify the HWBM case in patch 3 as suggested by Marcin
>>
>> v2 -> v3:
>>  - Adding patch 1 "Optimize rx path for small frame"
>>
>>  - Fix the kbuild error by moving the "phys_addr += pp->rx_offset_correction;"
>>   line from patch 2 to patch 3 where rx_offset_correction is introduced.
>>
>>  - Move the memory allocation of the buf_virt_addr of the rxq to be
>>    called by the probe function in order to avoid a memory leak.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Gregory
>>
>> Gregory CLEMENT (5):
>>   net: mvneta: Optimize rx path for small frame
>>   net: mvneta: Do not allocate buffer in rxq init with HWBM
>>   net: mvneta: Use cacheable memory to store the rx buffer virtual address
>>   net: mvneta: Only disable mvneta_bm for 64-bits
>>   ARM64: dts: marvell: Add network support for Armada 3700
>>
>> Marcin Wojtas (2):
>>   net: mvneta: Convert to be 64 bits compatible
>>   net: mvneta: Add network support for Armada 3700 SoC
>>
>>  Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/marvell-armada-370-neta.txt |   7 +-
>>  arch/arm64/boot/dts/marvell/armada-3720-db.dts                    |  23 +++++-
>>  arch/arm64/boot/dts/marvell/armada-37xx.dtsi                      |  23 +++++-
>>  drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/Kconfig                              |  10 +-
>>  drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c                             | 344 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------------
>>  5 files changed, 305 insertions(+), 102 deletions(-)
>>
>> base-commit: 436accebb53021ef7c63535f60bda410aa87c136
>> --
>> git-series 0.8.10

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