From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jeff Kirsher Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2017 22:17:41 -0700 Subject: [Intel-wired-lan] [next PATCH S63 5/6] i40e/i40evf: Add legacy-rx private flag to allow fallback to old Rx flow In-Reply-To: References: <1489511727-10959-1-git-send-email-bimmy.pujari@intel.com> <1489511727-10959-5-git-send-email-bimmy.pujari@intel.com> Message-ID: <1490332661.5679.27.camel@intel.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: intel-wired-lan@osuosl.org List-ID: On Thu, 2017-03-23 at 21:23 -0700, Alexander Duyck wrote: > On Fri, Mar 17, 2017 at 8:57 AM, Alexander Duyck > wrote: > > On Tue, Mar 14, 2017 at 10:15 AM, Bimmy Pujari > com> wrote: > > > From: Alexander Duyck > > > > > > This patch adds a control which will allow us to toggle into and > > > out of the > > > legacy Rx mode.? The legacy Rx mode is what we currently do when > > > performing > > > Rx.? As I make further changes what should happen is that the > > > driver will > > > fall back to the behavior for Rx as of this patch should the > > > "legacy-rx" > > > flag be set to on. > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Alexander Duyck > > > Change-ID: I0342998849bbb31351cce05f6e182c99174e7751 > > > --- > > > Testing Hints: > > > ???????? This flag should not appear on kernels prior to 4.10. > > > ???????? On kernels 4.10 and later the "legacy-rx" flag should > > > appear > > > ???????? and can be toggled between on and off. As we add more > > > features the > > > ???????? behavior of the driver should change when this value is > > > toggled. > > > > > > ???????? Toggling this for now will only cause a reset of the > > > interface. > > > > > > ???????? For the VF we are specifically replacing the define that > > > was > > > ???????? stripping the code for the flag needed for the "legacy- > > > rx" flag > > > ???????? since it doesn't make sense to have the interface > > > defined when > > > ???????? there are no flags present.? In the case of a kernel > > > build the > > > ???????? #ifdefs should be stripped and the code will remain. > > > > > > ? drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e.h???????????? |?? 1 + > > > ? drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_ethtool.c???? |?? 5 +- > > > ? drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40evf.h???????? |?? 2 + > > > ? drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40evf_ethtool.c | 104 > > > +++++++++++++++++++++ > > > ? 4 files changed, 111 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > > > > > diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e.h > > > b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e.h > > > index dcba258..561fe1f 100644 > > > --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e.h > > > +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e.h > > > @@ -430,6 +430,7 @@ struct i40e_pf { > > > ? #define I40E_FLAG_TEMP_LINK_POLLING??????????? BIT_ULL(55) > > > ? #define I40E_FLAG_CLIENT_L2_CHANGE???????????? BIT_ULL(56) > > > ? #define I40E_FLAG_WOL_MC_MAGIC_PKT_WAKE??????????????? > > > BIT_ULL(57) > > > +#define I40E_FLAG_LEGACY_RX??????????????????? BIT_ULL(57) > > > > It looks like we lost sync between upstream and out-of-tree at some > > point.? We are defining both of these using the same bit.? We need > > to > > use a different value for the LEGACY_RX bit in the upstream it > > looks > > like. > > Any chance we can get a fix for this?? It has been almost a week > since > I pointed out that we have a duplicate bit here, and I haven't seen > any updates. > > We either need to submit a new version of this patch with us setting > I40E_FLAG_LEGACY_RX as bit 58, or if we can just get the tweak made > to > the patch while it is in the tree I would be good with that as well. > We have some other patches that are going to be adding some more > flags > in the pipeline and I would rather not have to push a fix for this > and > instead have it fixed in the patch. I will fix this inline, so no need to resubmit with the desired fix. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 833 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part URL: