From: Brent Cook <bcook@bpointsys.com>
To: linuxppc-embedded@ozlabs.org
Cc: "Martin, Tim" <tim.martin@viasat.com>
Subject: Re: Jumbo ethernet frames on MVME6100
Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2006 08:30:45 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200606120830.45800.bcook@bpointsys.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <821B2170E9E7F04FA38DF7EC21DE487105550413@VCAEXCH01.hq.corp.viasat.com>
On Friday 09 June 2006 19:57, Martin, Tim wrote:
> I'm using Linux 2.6.6 with the Motorola Computer Group patch for the
> MVME6100 available at
>
> https://mcg.motorola.com/cfm/templates/swDetails.cfm?PageID=704&Software
> ID=6&ProductID=202
>
> and compiling with GCC from ELDK 3.1.1, although using the userspace
> module utils (e.g. insmod) from ELDK 4.0.
> The patch includes support for the Marvel gigabit ethernet part on the
> board (MV64360?) which works for non-jumbo ethernet frames, but doesn't
> receive (or even generate errors) if I send jumbo-ethernet frames. I
> haven't debugged this issue very long, but a cursory look through the
> driver hints that jumbo frame support should be on (the port config
> serial register PCSR has what I imagine to be okay bits).
>
> I'm ifconfiging the 2nd ethernet device with the command
> ifconfig eth1 mtu 9000 192.168.1.1
>
> I'm wondering if anyone else using an MVME6100 has gotten jumbo frame
> support to work?
I can say that the MV64x60 ethernet driver that got rolled into the mainline
kernel around the 2.6.11/12 timeframe does support jumbo frames for send and
receive. If that patch is anything like some patches I've seen for similar
products (based on old Marvel/Galileo reference code), I'd say your best-off
cherry-picking the HW-specific bits from the patch and trying to either
forward-port/add from scratch the board support to something >= 2.6.12 and
getting the improved MV64x60 support as a bonus, or backporting at least the
newer MV ethernet driver. Not only is the newer one _much_ simpler and easier
to read (like 3 or 4x shorter), but it would appear to work better as well.
> Also, at what point did the Linux 2.6 kernel embedded PPC support start
> working with GCC 4.x (e.g. GCC in ELDK 4.0). I'm getting compiler
> errors when I use GCC 4.x with this version of the kernel.
No problems here with 2.6.11 through 17-rc6 on gcc 4.
- Brent
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2006-06-10 0:57 Jumbo ethernet frames on MVME6100 Martin, Tim
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