From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: nicolas.ferre@atmel.com (Nicolas Ferre) Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2012 17:25:08 +0200 Subject: [PATCH v2 0/9] net/macb: driver enhancement concerning GEM support, ring logic and cleanup In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <508AAB54.9010506@atmel.com> To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org List-Id: linux-arm-kernel.lists.infradead.org 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