Re: [PATCH V2 2/4] MIPS: Add board support for Loongson1B

[Giuseppe CAVALLARO]

This is a multi-part message in MIME format.Hello Kelvin

On 10/26/2011 6:27 AM, Kelvin Cheung wrote:
> Hi Giuseppe,
> 
> This patch works well on Loongson1B platform except one thing.
> The rx checksum offload of normal descriptor is disabled by default.
> So, I enabled this functon. And one minor tweak is added to your patch.
> What about your opinion?

Yes, I had not enabled the rx coe. I'm resending your patch (v3) where I
fixed a problem. Old mac10/100 has no rx csum in HW. So I added an extra
check.
Let me consider it the final version. ;-)

Thanks a lot for you effort.
I'll send it for net-next now.

Regards
Peppe

> 
> BTW, tx checksum insertion works now.
> 
> 2011/10/25, Giuseppe CAVALLARO <peppe.cavallaro@xxxxxx>:
>> On 10/25/2011 9:09 AM, Giuseppe CAVALLARO wrote:
>>> On 10/25/2011 4:12 AM, Kelvin Cheung wrote:
>>>> 2011/10/24, Giuseppe CAVALLARO <peppe.cavallaro@xxxxxx>:
>>>>> On 10/24/2011 4:05 PM, Kelvin Cheung wrote:
>>>>>> 2011/10/24, Giuseppe CAVALLARO <peppe.cavallaro@xxxxxx>:
>>>>>>> Hello Kelvin.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 10/24/2011 12:36 PM, Kelvin Cheung wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> [snip]
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> According to datasheet of Loongson 1B, the buffer size in RX/TX
>>>>>>>> descriptor is only 2KB. So the Loongson1B's GMAC could not handle
>>>>>>>> jumbo frames. And the second buffer is useless in this case. Am I
>>>>>>>> right? Is there a better way than ifdef CONFIG_MACH_LOONGSON1 to
>>>>>>>> avoid duplicate code?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Sorry for my misunderstanding.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I think you have to use the normal descriptor and remove the enh_desc
>>>>>>> from the platform w/o modifying the driver at all.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The driver will be able to select/configure all automatically (also
>>>>>>> jumbo).
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Let me know.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> That's the problem.
>>>>>> The bitfield definition of Loongson1B is also different from normal
>>>>>> descriptor.
>>>>>
>>>>> The problem is not in the Loongson1B gmac.
>>>>
>>>> I found that the bit checksum_insertion is not existed in normal
>>>> descriptor.
>>>>
>>>>> The normal descriptor fields in the stmmac refer to an old synopsys
>>>>> databook.
>>>>
>>>> Could you send me the new databook of Synopsys GMAC?
>>>>
>>>>> New chips have the same structure you have added; so we should fix this
>>>>> in the driver w/o breaking the compatibility for old chips.
>>>>
>>>> Agree.
>>>>
>>>>> I kindly ask you to confirm if the currently normal descriptor structure
>>>>> (w/o your changes) doesn't work on your platform.
>>>>> Did you test it?
>>>>
>>>> Well, the normal descriptor works on my platform except TX checksum
>>>> offload.
>>>
>>> ok! I suspected that.
>>>
>>>
>>>>>> Moreover, I want to enable the TX checksum offload function which is
>>>>>> not supported in normal descriptor.
>>>>>> Any suggestions?
>>>>>
>>>>> It is supported but you have to pass from the platform: tx_coe = 1.
>>>>
>>>> I noticed that the flag csum_insertion is passed to
>>>> ndesc_prepare_tx_desc() in stmmac_xmit(). But ndesc_prepare_tx_desc()
>>>> just ignores it.
>>>> In other words, the TX checksum offload function is disabled in normal
>>>> descriptor currently.
>>>>
>>>> Should we fix this problem for normal descriptor?
>>>
>>> Yes, we should. If you agree, I'll update the normal descriptor
>>> structure to yours. This is the normal descriptor used in newer GMAC.
>>> Tx csum will be done for normal descriptors in case of these GMAC
>>> devices and not for old MAC10/100. For the MAC10/100 some bits for
>>> normal descriptors are reserved and won't be used at all.
>>>
>>> I'll also verify that the patch doesn't break the back-compatibility
>>> with old MAC10/100. I have the HW where doing the tests.
>>>
>>> After that, I'll prepare the patch for net-next and for your kernel.
>>
>> Hello Kelvin
>>
>> attached the patch tested on my development kernel.
>> It runs fine on old and new mac devices.
>>
>> Can you try it on your side? Hmm, it is likely it won't apply fine on
>> your tree but you know the changes ;-).
>>
>> If ok, I'll rework it for net-next and send it to the mailing list.
>>
>> Thanks
>> Peppe
>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Peppe
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Note:
>>>>>>> IIRC, there is a bit difference in case of normal descriptors for
>>>>>>> Synopsys databook newer than the 1.91 (I used for testing this mode).
>>>>>>> In any case, I remember that, on some platforms, the normal
>>>>>>> descriptors
>>>>>>> have been used w/o problems also on these new chip generations.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Peppe
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
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