Re: [PATCH v3 3/4] net: nb8800: Move HW init to ndo_open()

["Måns Rullgård" <mans@mansr.com>]

Marc Gonzalez <marc_gonzalez@sigmadesigns.com> writes:

> On 14/11/2017 14:54, Måns Rullgård wrote:
>
>> Marc Gonzalez writes:
>> 
>>> On 14/11/2017 13:40, Måns Rullgård wrote:
>>>
>>>> Marc Gonzalez wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Power entire ethernet block down in ndo_stop().
>>>>> Power it back up in ndo_open() and perform HW init.
>>>>> Delete nb8800_dma_stop.
>>>>
>>>> Leave it alone, please.  Not all chips might have a separate power
>>>> domain for this.  Also, it works just fine on the older chips.
>>>
>>> There is no need for separate power domains. The ethernet block is
>>> clock-gated when it is held in reset.
>> 
>> So you're not powering it down then.  Please be accurate.
>
> Smirk. That looks like trolling.
>
>>> The reset register is implemented on all tango3, tango4, tango5 chips.
>> 
>> It's still not a core feature.
>
> Correct. But it covers 100% of all chips using this driver.
> There is no point in trying to implement support for chips that
> have never existed, do not exist, and never will.

You can't know that.

>>> nb8800_dma_stop() is a hack.
>> 
>> The hack originated from your company.
>
> So why are you so insistent that we keep using it?

Because it's the only way to support some chip variants.  Ones you'd
apparently rather forget, but which nonetheless exist.

>> Also, I have repeated asked you what happens if the tango5 runs out of
>> DMA buffers under normal operation.  Does that also cause it to lock up?
>> If so, you have a much bigger problem on your hands.
>
> I will run iperf3 tests with RX_DESC_COUNT lowered to 2.
> Would that produce conclusive results?
> Do you have other suggestions?

Leave RX_DESC_COUNT alone but add a delay in the nb8800_poll() loop.
That should ensure that queue is drained slowly enough for the buffers
to run out.

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Måns Rullgård