From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Subject: Re: [net-next 2/3 (v2)] stmmac: add mixed burst for DMA Date: Mon, 14 May 2012 18:54:03 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <20120514.185403.424037378620121844.davem@davemloft.net> References: <1336983523-4075-1-git-send-email-peppe.cavallaro@st.com> <1336983523-4075-2-git-send-email-peppe.cavallaro@st.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org To: peppe.cavallaro@st.com Return-path: Received: from shards.monkeyblade.net ([198.137.202.13]:60351 "EHLO shards.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1757964Ab2ENWyH (ORCPT ); Mon, 14 May 2012 18:54:07 -0400 In-Reply-To: <1336983523-4075-2-git-send-email-peppe.cavallaro@st.com> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: From: Giuseppe CAVALLARO Date: Mon, 14 May 2012 10:18:42 +0200 > From: Giuseppe CAVALLARO > > In mixed burst (MB) mode, the AHB master always initiates > the bursts with fixed-size when the DMA requests transfers > of size less than or equal to 16 beats. > This patch adds the MB support and the flag that can be > passed from the platform to select it. > MB mode can also give some benefits in terms of performances > on some platforms. > > v2: fixed Coding Style > > Signed-off-by: Giuseppe Cavallaro Applied.