[patch 1/1] kirkwood: set tx_csum_limit

Arnaud Patard (Rtp) arnaud.patard at rtp-net.org
Thu Jul 26 06:15:05 EDT 2012


Andrew Lunn <andrew at lunn.ch> writes:

>> >>  	orion_ge00_init(eth_data, DOVE_GE00_PHYS_BASE,
>> >> -			IRQ_DOVE_GE00_SUM, IRQ_DOVE_GE00_ERR);
>> >> +			IRQ_DOVE_GE00_SUM, IRQ_DOVE_GE00_ERR, 0);
>> >>  }
>> >
>> > You might want to add a constant for TX_CSUM_NO_LIMIT or something like that, 
>> > rather than a plain 0 which might be a little misleading.
>> >
>> 
>> It's not to set an unlimited value but to tell the driver it has to
>> use its default value. This limit is only valid for kirkwood but given
>> that orion_ge*_init functions are used on all platforms, I have to set 
>
> So how about TX_CSUM_DEFAULT_LIMIT?

sounds better :)

>
> It would also be nice if you could change the change log text to
> something like:
>
> ARM: Orion: Set eth packet size csum offload limit
>
> The mv643xx ethernet controller limits the packet size for the TX
> checksum offloading. This patch sets this limits for Kirkwood and
> Dove which have smaller limits that the default.
>

ok. updated. Updated patch will follow soon

> I would like to consistently use the prefixes:
>
> ARM: Orion: 
>

maybe it'll be replaced by mvebu some day ?

Arnaud



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