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From: Albert ARIBAUD <albert.u.boot@aribaud.net>
To: u-boot@lists.denx.de
Subject: [U-Boot] Driver model Ethernet issue
Date: Thu, 2 Apr 2015 09:50:30 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20150402095030.4aa47cfb@lilith> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAPnjgZ0bymyUxsOb8p+WM=thcN2QZS1xSXoEc0R9OKuoKVVLgA@mail.gmail.com>

Hello Simon,

On Mon, 30 Mar 2015 12:03:41 -0600, Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>
wrote:

> Also you can argue that buffer management is a reasonable thing to
> provide a method for. Using a buffer to receive a packet, sending that
> packet for processing, and retiring the buffer are all conceptually
> separate things. We could even consider (in the future!) supporting a
> buffer ring in the uclass since all of the drivers I have looked at
> have one.

Just in case: remember that some drivers use SRAM-based buffers while
others use DDR-based buffers. Buffer management should support either
use case. Also, there's more than just buffers; descriptors might be
needed too -- whether they should be generalized or not, I have no
clear idea, though.

Amicalement,
-- 
Albert.

  parent reply	other threads:[~2015-04-02  7:50 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-03-26  3:10 [U-Boot] Driver model Ethernet issue Simon Glass
     [not found] ` <CANr=Z=aogNzMmgw1nD+W_L8P0L-ev6q0H4H_B01qWLMZfzNeGA@mail.gmail.com>
     [not found]   ` <CANr=Z=asoa5Y2PoMLkV_+pACeT-u6uE9ZPbjLuCWZFcApdYccg@mail.gmail.com>
2015-03-30 18:03     ` Simon Glass
2015-03-30 20:44       ` [U-Boot] [PATCH] dm: eth: Provide a way for drivers to manage packet buffers Joe Hershberger
2015-04-01  3:32         ` Simon Glass
2015-04-01 16:03           ` Joe Hershberger
2015-04-03 23:33             ` Simon Glass
2015-04-04  1:09               ` [U-Boot] [PATCH v2] " Joe Hershberger
2015-04-05 18:31                 ` Simon Glass
2015-04-07 18:39                   ` Simon Glass
2015-04-02  7:50       ` Albert ARIBAUD [this message]
2015-04-02 14:58         ` [U-Boot] Driver model Ethernet issue Simon Glass

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