[RFC, PATCH v2 2/3] net: add ar231x-eth support

[Oleksij Rempel]

Am 24.05.2013 09:09, schrieb Sascha Hauer:
> On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 09:49:48AM +0200, Oleksij Rempel wrote:
>> This driver should work with some Atheros WiSoCs:
>> - ar2312, ar2313
>> - ar2315, ar2316 ...
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Oleksij Rempel <linux at rempel-privat.de>
>> ---
>>   drivers/net/Kconfig  |   7 +
>>   drivers/net/Makefile |   1 +
>>   drivers/net/ar231x.c | 429 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>   drivers/net/ar231x.h | 219 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>   4 files changed, 656 insertions(+)
>>   create mode 100644 drivers/net/ar231x.c
>>   create mode 100644 drivers/net/ar231x.h
>>
>> +
>> +	/* FIXME: priv->{t,r}x_ring are virtual addresses,
>> +	 * use virt-to-phys convertion */
>
> We use 1:1 mappings, so I think this comment should be removed.

This part should be fixed after Anthonys "MIPS: add initial cache support"

>> +
>> +static void ar231x_allocate_dma_descriptors(struct eth_device *edev)
>> +{
>> +	struct ar231x_eth_priv *priv = edev->priv;
>> +	u16 ar231x_descr_size = sizeof(struct ar231x_descr);
>> +	u16 i;
>> +
>> +	priv->tx_ring = xmalloc(ar231x_descr_size);
>
> What alignment do you need here? This may or may not be safe.

Currently there is no other choice.

>> +
>> +static int ar231x_eth_recv(struct eth_device *edev)
>> +{
>> +	struct ar231x_eth_priv *priv = edev->priv;
>> +
>> +	while (1) {
>> +		struct ar231x_descr *rxdsc = priv->next_rxdsc;
>> +		u32 status = rxdsc->status;
>> +
>> +		/* owned by DMA? */
>> +		if (status & DMA_RX_OWN)
>> +			break;
>> +
>> +		/* Pick only packets what we can handle:
>> +		 * - only complete packet per buffer
>> +		 *   (First and Last at same time)
>> +		 * - drop multicast */
>> +		if (!priv->kill_rx_ring &&
>> +				((status & DMA_RX_MASK) == DMA_RX_FSLS)) {
>> +			u16 length =
>> +				((status >> DMA_RX_LEN_SHIFT) & 0x3fff)
>> +				- CRC_LEN;
>> +			net_receive((void *)rxdsc->buffer_ptr, length);
>> +		}
>> +		/* Clean descriptor. now it is owned by DMA. */
>> +		priv->next_rxdsc = (struct ar231x_descr *)rxdsc->next_dsc_ptr;
>> +		ar231x_flash_rxdsc(rxdsc);
>> +	}
>
> This loop looks wrong. You should only receive a single packet for each
> call of this function.

This loop is needed to filter broadcast packtes. If remove this loop and 
reduce rx buffer, i will get really bad packet losses.

>
>> +
>> +static int ar231x_eth_probe(struct device_d *dev)
>> +{
>> +	struct ar231x_eth_priv *priv;
>> +	struct eth_device *edev;
>> +	struct mii_bus *miibus;
>> +	struct ar231x_eth_platform_data *pdata;
>> +
>> +	if (!dev->platform_data) {
>> +		dev_err(dev, "no platform data\n");
>> +		return -ENODEV;
>> +	}
>> +
>> +	pdata = dev->platform_data;
>> +
>> +	priv = xzalloc(sizeof(struct ar231x_eth_priv));
>> +	edev = &priv->edev;
>> +	miibus = &priv->miibus;
>> +	edev->priv = priv;
>> +
>> +	/* link all platform depended regs */
>> +	priv->mac = pdata->mac;
>> +
>> +	priv->eth_regs = dev_request_mem_region(dev, 0);
>> +	/* we have 0x100000 for eth, part of it are dma regs.
>> +	 * So they are already requested */
>> +	priv->dma_regs = (void *)(priv->eth_regs + 0x1000);
>> +
>> +	priv->phy_regs = dev_request_mem_region(dev, 1);
>> +
>> +	priv->cfg = pdata;
>> +	edev->init = ar231x_eth_init;
>> +	edev->open = ar231x_eth_open;
>> +	edev->send = ar231x_eth_send;
>> +	edev->recv = ar231x_eth_recv;
>> +	edev->halt = ar231x_eth_halt;
>> +	edev->get_ethaddr = ar231x_get_ethaddr;
>> +	edev->set_ethaddr = ar231x_set_ethaddr;
>> +
>> +	priv->miibus.read = ar231x_miibus_read;
>> +	priv->miibus.write = ar231x_miibus_write;
>> +	priv->miibus.reset = ar231x_mdiibus_reset;
>> +	priv->miibus.priv = priv;
>> +	priv->miibus.parent = dev;
>> +
>> +	mdiobus_register(miibus);
>> +	eth_register(edev);
>
> Please check the return values of dev_request_mem_region,
> mdiobus_register and eth_register. I'm fine with not properly cleaning
> up afterwards, but we should be able to notice the user if something
> goes wrong here. (Yeah, I know, many network driver don't do so)

ok


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Regards,
Oleksij