From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
To: ratbert.chuang@gmail.com
Cc: mirqus@gmail.com, netdev@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, bhutchings@solarflare.com,
eric.dumazet@gmail.com, joe@perches.com, dilinger@queued.net,
ratbert@faraday-tech.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4] net: add Faraday FTMAC100 10/100 Ethernet driver
Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2011 10:43:13 -0800 (PST) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20110224.104313.68122155.davem@davemloft.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTikE_OU_qiBUdiDP39js8jQzGqqo1FYW2uHmw3He@mail.gmail.com>
From: Po-Yu Chuang <ratbert.chuang@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2011 16:07:48 +0800
> On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 3:51 PM, David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> wrote:
>> Just emit garbage bytes into the sub-word alignment padding if the chip
>> wants to word align it's DMA writes.
>
> Not sure what do you mean. The problem is that HW does not accept a
> base address of RX buffer which is not 8 bytes aligned.
I am saying this is what hardware should do if it has such a
restriction.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-02-24 18:43 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 74+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-01-13 11:49 [PATCH] net: add Faraday FTMAC100 10/100 Ethernet driver Po-Yu Chuang
2011-01-13 14:03 ` Ben Hutchings
2011-01-14 5:37 ` Po-Yu Chuang
2011-01-13 14:22 ` Eric Dumazet
2011-01-13 16:29 ` Andres Salomon
2011-01-14 6:44 ` Po-Yu Chuang
2011-01-14 6:56 ` Po-Yu Chuang
2011-01-13 15:39 ` Joe Perches
2011-01-14 6:35 ` Po-Yu Chuang
[not found] ` <1294959948.4114.189.camel@Joe-Laptop>
2011-01-14 6:49 ` Po-Yu Chuang
2011-01-17 9:21 ` [PATCH v2] " Po-Yu Chuang
2011-01-17 17:19 ` Joe Perches
2011-01-19 9:40 ` Po-Yu Chuang
2011-01-19 12:46 ` Ben Hutchings
2011-01-19 16:41 ` Joe Perches
2011-01-20 5:30 ` Po-Yu Chuang
2011-01-20 8:46 ` Joe Perches
2011-01-17 17:29 ` Eric Dumazet
2011-01-17 18:58 ` Ben Hutchings
2011-01-17 20:39 ` Eric Dumazet
2011-01-17 18:21 ` Eric Dumazet
2011-01-18 3:08 ` Po-Yu Chuang
2011-01-19 9:20 ` Po-Yu Chuang
2011-01-20 15:30 ` [PATCH v3] " Po-Yu Chuang
2011-01-20 15:35 ` Eric Dumazet
2011-01-20 15:43 ` Po-Yu Chuang
2011-01-20 15:41 ` Eric Dumazet
2011-01-20 15:54 ` Po-Yu Chuang
2011-01-20 17:56 ` Joe Perches
2011-01-21 3:35 ` Po-Yu Chuang
2011-01-20 19:00 ` Joe Perches
2011-01-21 5:03 ` Po-Yu Chuang
[not found] ` <1295592411.6795.10.camel@Joe-Laptop>
2011-01-21 7:06 ` Po-Yu Chuang
2011-01-20 19:01 ` Michał Mirosław
2011-01-21 3:37 ` Po-Yu Chuang
2011-01-21 7:55 ` [PATCH v4] " Po-Yu Chuang
2011-01-21 9:08 ` Eric Dumazet
2011-01-24 8:07 ` Po-Yu Chuang
2011-01-21 12:26 ` Michał Mirosław
2011-01-24 8:26 ` Po-Yu Chuang
2011-01-24 20:22 ` Michał Mirosław
2011-01-25 2:46 ` Po-Yu Chuang
2011-02-01 3:56 ` Po-Yu Chuang
2011-02-01 4:35 ` David Miller
2011-02-24 7:27 ` Po-Yu Chuang
2011-02-24 7:51 ` David Miller
2011-02-24 8:07 ` Po-Yu Chuang
2011-02-24 8:22 ` Eric Dumazet
2011-02-24 9:29 ` [PATCH ref0] " Po-Yu Chuang
2011-02-24 17:39 ` Eric Dumazet
2011-02-24 17:48 ` Eric Dumazet
2011-02-25 2:32 ` Po-Yu Chuang
2011-02-25 9:45 ` Po-Yu Chuang
2011-02-25 10:52 ` Eric Dumazet
2011-02-25 18:34 ` David Miller
2011-02-25 18:45 ` Eric Dumazet
2011-02-25 18:47 ` Eric Dumazet
2011-03-01 5:45 ` Po-Yu Chuang
2011-03-01 5:53 ` Eric Dumazet
2011-02-25 9:57 ` [PATCH v6] " Po-Yu Chuang
2011-02-25 11:40 ` Eric Dumazet
2011-03-01 5:20 ` Po-Yu Chuang
2011-03-01 5:26 ` Eric Dumazet
2011-03-01 5:45 ` Eric Dumazet
2011-03-01 5:51 ` Po-Yu Chuang
2011-03-01 5:54 ` Eric Dumazet
2011-03-01 5:59 ` Eric Dumazet
2011-03-01 6:48 ` [PATCH] " Po-Yu Chuang
2011-03-01 7:27 ` Eric Dumazet
2011-03-03 20:19 ` David Miller
2011-02-24 18:43 ` David Miller [this message]
2011-01-24 12:39 ` [PATCH v5] " Po-Yu Chuang
2011-01-24 15:07 ` Eric Dumazet
2011-01-25 2:46 ` Po-Yu Chuang
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