Re: [PATCH net-next 0/2] net: fec: support RX flushing via fsl,rx-flush-queues

[Sverdlin, Alexander]

Thanks for the quick feedback, Andrew!

On Fri, 2026-08-14 at 15:56 +0200, Andrew Lunn wrote:
> > The FEC/ENET controller can flush frames that get stuck at the head of the
> > RX FIFO because their destination ring has no empty buffer descriptor
> > (RxBD[E] clear or ENET_RDARn not set). Without flushing, such a frame blocks
> > the FIFO and stalls reception on all queues; with flushing enabled the
> > offending frame is discarded instead. Flushing is configured per RX queue
> > through the RX_FLUSHn bits of the QOS Scheme register (FEC_QOS_SCHEME).
> > 
> > This series adds a device tree property, fsl,rx-flush-queues, listing the RX
> > queues for which flushing should be enabled, and programs the corresponding
> > RX_FLUSHn bits.
> 
> DT described hardware, not policy for how hardware is configured.
> 
> Maybe use an ethtool private flags?

Makes sense to me, I'll rework!

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Alexander Sverdlin
Siemens AG
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