Re: [PATCH] TX_RING and packet mmap

[Johann Baudy <johann.baudy@gnu-log.net>]

Thanks Evgeniy for your review.

> I suppose kernel sends packets with the status field equal to
> TP_STATUS_SEND_REQUEST not TP_STATUS_AVAILABLE.
Yes, this is a mistake.

> Besides several codying style issues, like placing { on the new line
> from the same one, missing space near the operator like if(smth),
> switch(smth), things look good.
Ok, I will update this patch according to coding rules and resubmit.

Thanks,
Johann


On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 11:18 AM, Evgeniy Polyakov <zbr@ioremap.net> wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 26, 2009 at 03:06:29PM +0200, Johann Baudy (johann.baudy@gnu-log.net) wrote:
>> +++ Transmission process
>> +Those defines are also used for transmission:
>> +
>> +     #define TP_STATUS_AVAILABLE        0 // Frame is available
>> +     #define TP_STATUS_SEND_REQUEST     1 // Frame will be sent on next send()
>> +     #define TP_STATUS_SENDING          2 // Frame is currently in transmission
>> +     #define TP_STATUS_WRONG_FORMAT     4 // Frame format is not correct
>> +
>> +First, the kernel initializes all frames to TP_STATUS_AVAILABLE. To send a
>> +packet, the user fills a data buffer of an available frame, sets tp_len to
>> +current data buffer size and sets its status field to TP_STATUS_SEND_REQUEST.
>> +This can be done on multiple frames. Once the user is ready to transmit, it
>> +calls send(). Then all buffers with status equal to TP_STATUS_AVAILABLE are
>
> I suppose kernel sends packets with the status field equal to
> TP_STATUS_SEND_REQUEST not TP_STATUS_AVAILABLE.
>
> Besides several codying style issues, like placing { on the new line
> from the same one, missing space near the operator like if(smth),
> switch(smth), things look good.
>
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>        Evgeniy Polyakov
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