netdev - Re: [PATCH v2 00/12] ftgmac100: Rework batch 3

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Date:   Mon, 10 Apr 2017 16:04:17 -0400 (EDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     benh@...nel.crashing.org
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 00/12] ftgmac100: Rework batch 3 - TX path

From: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>
Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2017 11:15:14 +1000

> This is version 2 of the third batch of updates to
> the ftgmac100 driver.
> 
> This one tackles the TX path of the driver. This provides the
> bulk of the performance improvements by adding support for
> fragmented sends along with a bunch of cleanups.
> 
> Version 2 fixes a patch splitting mistake and uses
> eth_skb_pad() (which uses skb_put_padto) to pad ethernet
> frames rather than skb_padto(), thus removing the need to
> also pad the packet headlen in a couple of places. 
> 
> Subsequent batches will add various features (ethtool functions,
> vlan offlan, ...) and cleanups.

Series applied, thanks Ben.