From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
To: linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org
Cc: Ira Snyder <iws@ovro.caltech.edu>,
Jan-Bernd Themann <themann@de.ibm.com>,
netdev@vger.kernel.org, Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, shemminger@vyatta.com,
David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC v5] net: add PCINet driver
Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2009 23:53:24 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200901152353.25052.arnd@arndb.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20090115214056.GC9091@ovro.caltech.edu>
On Thursday 15 January 2009, Ira Snyder wrote:
> I do have mailboxes (two inbound, two outbound) which can generate
> interrupts, as well as doorbell registers (one inbound, one outbound).
> The doorbell register's bits are "write 1 to clear", and can only be
> cleared by the opposite side.
>
Ok, in this case, you should be able to use one of these to implement
the DMA complete interrupt, but adding an extra DMA transfer to the
mailbox after each transfer that you want to get notified for.
Arnd <><
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-01-15 23:02 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-01-07 19:50 [PATCH RFC v5] net: add PCINet driver Ira Snyder
2009-01-08 19:16 ` David Miller
2009-01-08 19:27 ` Ira Snyder
2009-01-08 21:51 ` Ira Snyder
2009-01-10 23:32 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2009-01-12 17:56 ` Arnd Bergmann
2009-01-13 2:32 ` Rusty Russell
2009-01-13 3:34 ` Ira Snyder
2009-01-13 16:33 ` Arnd Bergmann
2009-01-13 16:40 ` Ira Snyder
2009-01-13 17:42 ` Arnd Bergmann
2009-01-15 0:12 ` Ira Snyder
2009-01-15 12:58 ` Arnd Bergmann
2009-01-15 16:54 ` Ira Snyder
2009-01-15 17:53 ` Arnd Bergmann
2009-01-15 18:20 ` Ira Snyder
2009-01-15 20:57 ` Arnd Bergmann
2009-01-15 23:27 ` Ira Snyder
2009-01-15 19:21 ` Ira Snyder
2009-01-15 21:22 ` Arnd Bergmann
2009-01-15 21:40 ` Ira Snyder
2009-01-15 22:53 ` Arnd Bergmann [this message]
2009-01-15 23:31 ` Ira Snyder
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