[U-Boot] [linux-sunxi] [PATCH 3/2] net/designware: reorder struct dw_eth_dev to pack more efficiently.

[Siarhei Siamashka <siarhei.siamashka@gmail.com>]

On Wed, 14 May 2014 11:01:59 +0300
Siarhei Siamashka <siarhei.siamashka@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Wed, 14 May 2014 08:52:50 +0100
> Ian Campbell <ijc@hellion.org.uk> wrote:
> 
> > On Wed, 2014-05-14 at 10:44 +0300, Siarhei Siamashka wrote:
> > > > diff --git a/drivers/net/designware.h b/drivers/net/designware.h
> > > > index 382b0c7..6d94b3a 100644
> > > > --- a/drivers/net/designware.h
> > > > +++ b/drivers/net/designware.h
> > > > @@ -215,13 +215,13 @@ struct dmamacdescr {
> > > >  #endif
> > > >  
> > > >  struct dw_eth_dev {
> > > > +	struct dmamacdescr tx_mac_descrtable[CONFIG_TX_DESCR_NUM];
> > > > +	struct dmamacdescr rx_mac_descrtable[CONFIG_RX_DESCR_NUM];
> > > > +
> > > >  	u32 interface;
> > > >  	u32 tx_currdescnum;
> > > >  	u32 rx_currdescnum;
> > > >  
> > > > -	struct dmamacdescr tx_mac_descrtable[CONFIG_TX_DESCR_NUM];
> > > > -	struct dmamacdescr rx_mac_descrtable[CONFIG_RX_DESCR_NUM];
> > > > -
> > > >  	char txbuffs[TX_TOTAL_BUFSIZE];
> > > >  	char rxbuffs[RX_TOTAL_BUFSIZE];
> > > 
> > > After this reordering, txbuffs and rxbuffs buffers become DMA unaligned.
> > 
> > Right, this is fixed in the repost which is part of "[PATCH v3 0/5]
> > net/designware: fixes for data cache, phylib and burst size".
> 
> Oh, you just forgot to add the linux-sunxi list to CC when sending
> the updated patches. This explains why I don't see them in my mailbox.

However, as I can see at
    http://lists.denx.de/pipermail/u-boot/2014-May/179218.html
you are still sandwiching interface, tx_currdescnum and rx_currdescnum
between the DMA aligned stuff. This does not really improve packing.

-- 
Best regards,
Siarhei Siamashka