Re: [PATCH net-next 05/13] net: macb: add no LSO capability (MACB_CAPS_NO_LSO)

[Claudiu Beznea]

Hi, Theo,

On 21.03.2025 21:09, Théo Lebrun wrote:
> LSO is runtime-detected using the PBUF_LSO field inside register
> designcfg_debug6/GEM_DCFG6. Allow disabling that feature if it is
> broken by using struct macb_config->caps.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Théo Lebrun <theo.lebrun@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb.h      | 1 +
>  drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb_main.c | 5 +++--
>  2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb.h
> index 3b43cb9468e3618754ff2bc6c5f360447bdeeed0..e9da6e3b869fc772613a0d6b86308917c9bff7fe 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb.h
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb.h
> @@ -739,6 +739,7 @@
>  #define MACB_CAPS_MIIONRGMII			BIT(9)
>  #define MACB_CAPS_NEED_TSUCLK			BIT(10)
>  #define MACB_CAPS_QUEUE_DISABLE			BIT(11)
> +#define MACB_CAPS_NO_LSO			BIT(12)
>  #define MACB_CAPS_PCS				BIT(24)
>  #define MACB_CAPS_HIGH_SPEED			BIT(25)
>  #define MACB_CAPS_CLK_HW_CHG			BIT(26)
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb_main.c
> index b5797c1ac0a41e9472883b013c1e44a01092f257..807f7abbd9941bf624f14a5ddead68dad1c8deb2 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb_main.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb_main.c
> @@ -4373,8 +4373,9 @@ static int macb_init(struct platform_device *pdev)
>  	/* Set features */
>  	dev->hw_features = NETIF_F_SG;
>  
> -	/* Check LSO capability */
> -	if (GEM_BFEXT(PBUF_LSO, gem_readl(bp, DCFG6)))
> +	/* Check LSO capability; capability is for buggy HW */

The comment here is a bit confusing to me.

> +	if (!(bp->caps & MACB_CAPS_NO_LSO) &&
> +	    GEM_BFEXT(PBUF_LSO, gem_readl(bp, DCFG6)))
>  		dev->hw_features |= MACB_NETIF_LSO;
>  
>  	/* Checksum offload is only available on gem with packet buffer */
>