RE: [PATCH 3/5] staging: fsl-dpaa2/eth: Don't account SWA in tx_data_offset

[Bogdan Purcareata]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dan Carpenter [mailto:dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Friday, October 27, 2017 5:27 PM
> To: Bogdan Purcareata <bogdan.purcareata@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: Ruxandra Ioana Radulescu <ruxandra.radulescu@xxxxxxx>;
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> Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/5] staging: fsl-dpaa2/eth: Don't account SWA in
> tx_data_offset
> 
> 
> On Fri, Oct 27, 2017 at 02:11:34PM +0000, Bogdan Purcareata wrote:
> > When configuring the Tx buffer layout, the software annotation size is
> > mentioned, and MC accounts for it when configuring the frame
> > tx_data_offset. No need to handle it in the driver as well.
> >
> 
> The impact is that we allocate slightly less memory right?

Yes, 64B per frame.

Bogdan P.