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From: "Michael Büsch" <m@bues.ch>
To: b43-dev@lists.infradead.org
Subject: [PATCH] b43: use rx desc underrun interrupt
Date: Sun, 21 Apr 2013 08:38:22 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20130421083822.5d6599e3@milhouse> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <alpine.DEB.2.02.1304202314190.19161@kelly.ryd.net>

On Sat, 20 Apr 2013 23:23:54 +0200 (CEST)
Thommy Jakobsson <thommyj@gmail.com> wrote:

> Isn't that exactly what we do in b43_dma_rx? The initial rx descriptor 
> index is just to make the device to start. Theoretically you could get 
> into a fault situation if the device succeds in using up all descriptors 
> between b43_dma_rx_discard (added by my patch) and the call to b43_dma_rx. 
> Because then you could start reading the same packet as the device is 
> writing to.

Yes this is true.
And thus I'm currently unsure why we need this patch at all.
_Why_ does the DMA stall as soon as the ring is filled up?

-- 
Michael
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  reply	other threads:[~2013-04-21  6:38 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 45+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-04-15  8:02 [PATCH] b43: use rx desc underrun interrupt Thommy Jakobsson
2013-04-19 14:32 ` Jonas Gorski
2013-04-19 15:55   ` Michael Büsch
2013-04-19 15:59     ` Jonas Gorski
2013-04-19 18:17   ` Larry Finger
2013-04-19 18:57     ` Michael Büsch
2013-04-19 20:37       ` Thommy Jakobsson
2013-04-19 20:46         ` Michael Büsch
2013-04-19 21:05           ` Larry Finger
2013-04-19 20:30   ` Thommy Jakobsson
2013-04-20 14:14   ` Thommy
2013-04-20 18:35     ` Larry Finger
2013-04-20 22:47       ` Thommy Jakobsson
2013-04-20 19:12     ` Michael Büsch
2013-04-20 19:47       ` Thommy Jakobsson
2013-04-20 19:50         ` Michael Büsch
2013-04-20 20:16           ` Thommy Jakobsson
2013-04-20 20:38             ` Michael Büsch
2013-04-20 20:56             ` Piotras
     [not found]             ` <CAFzhf4rSUO9mn_RKw4Vehw2LKggFdC_W0v-K_KKCZJez1AwynQ@mail.gmail.com>
2013-04-20 21:01               ` Thommy Jakobsson
2013-04-20 21:10                 ` Thommy Jakobsson
2013-04-20 21:23                   ` Thommy Jakobsson
2013-04-21  6:38                     ` Michael Büsch [this message]
2013-04-21  8:22                       ` Thommy Jakobsson
2013-04-21  8:44                         ` Michael Büsch
2013-04-21  9:01                           ` Thommy Jakobsson
2013-04-21  9:21                             ` Michael Büsch
2013-04-21 12:12                               ` Thommy Jakobsson
2013-04-21 14:46                                 ` Piotras
2013-04-21 14:59                                   ` Michael Büsch
2013-04-21 15:24                                     ` Piotras
2013-04-21 16:35                                       ` Michael Büsch
2013-04-21 15:11                                   ` Thommy Jakobsson
2013-04-21 16:31                                     ` Michael Büsch
2013-04-21 18:07                           ` Thommy Jakobsson
2013-04-21 18:26                             ` Michael Büsch
2013-04-21 18:44                               ` Thommy Jakobsson
     [not found]                               ` <CAOTQ16LCWpAOndQsHBxN1-X_8SLpcU8V=mM41gvcNRocA=GhsA@mail.gmail.com>
2013-04-21 18:44                                 ` Michael Büsch
2013-04-21 20:13                                   ` Thommy Jakobsson
2013-04-21 21:53                                     ` Michael Büsch
2013-04-22  8:11                                       ` Thommy Jakobsson
2013-04-22 10:00                                         ` Michael Büsch
2013-04-23  6:22                                           ` Michael Büsch
2013-04-21 14:27                       ` Piotras
2013-04-21 14:51                         ` Michael Büsch

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