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

[Giuseppe CAVALLARO]

This is a multi-part message in MIME format.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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