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Message-ID: <14286715402597@kroah.com>
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 2015 15:12:20 +0200
From: <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To: markos.chandras@...tec.com, davem@...emloft.net,
gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
netdev@...r.kernel.org, pcnet32@...ntier.com
Cc: <stable@...r.kernel.org>, <stable-commits@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Patch "net: ethernet: pcnet32: Setup the SRAM and NOUFLO on Am79C97{3, 5}" has been added to the 3.10-stable tree
This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
net: ethernet: pcnet32: Setup the SRAM and NOUFLO on Am79C97{3, 5}
to the 3.10-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
The filename of the patch is:
net-ethernet-pcnet32-setup-the-sram-and-nouflo-on-am79c97-3-5.patch
and it can be found in the queue-3.10 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@...r.kernel.org> know about it.
>From 87f966d97b89774162df04d2106c6350c8fe4cb3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Markos Chandras <markos.chandras@...tec.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2015 10:28:14 +0000
Subject: net: ethernet: pcnet32: Setup the SRAM and NOUFLO on Am79C97{3, 5}
From: Markos Chandras <markos.chandras@...tec.com>
commit 87f966d97b89774162df04d2106c6350c8fe4cb3 upstream.
On a MIPS Malta board, tons of fifo underflow errors have been observed
when using u-boot as bootloader instead of YAMON. The reason for that
is that YAMON used to set the pcnet device to SRAM mode but u-boot does
not. As a result, the default Tx threshold (64 bytes) is now too small to
keep the fifo relatively used and it can result to Tx fifo underflow errors.
As a result of which, it's best to setup the SRAM on supported controllers
so we can always use the NOUFLO bit.
Cc: <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Cc: <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Cc: Don Fry <pcnet32@...ntier.com>
Signed-off-by: Markos Chandras <markos.chandras@...tec.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
---
drivers/net/ethernet/amd/pcnet32.c | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
1 file changed, 29 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/amd/pcnet32.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/amd/pcnet32.c
@@ -1516,7 +1516,7 @@ pcnet32_probe1(unsigned long ioaddr, int
{
struct pcnet32_private *lp;
int i, media;
- int fdx, mii, fset, dxsuflo;
+ int fdx, mii, fset, dxsuflo, sram;
int chip_version;
char *chipname;
struct net_device *dev;
@@ -1553,7 +1553,7 @@ pcnet32_probe1(unsigned long ioaddr, int
}
/* initialize variables */
- fdx = mii = fset = dxsuflo = 0;
+ fdx = mii = fset = dxsuflo = sram = 0;
chip_version = (chip_version >> 12) & 0xffff;
switch (chip_version) {
@@ -1586,6 +1586,7 @@ pcnet32_probe1(unsigned long ioaddr, int
chipname = "PCnet/FAST III 79C973"; /* PCI */
fdx = 1;
mii = 1;
+ sram = 1;
break;
case 0x2626:
chipname = "PCnet/Home 79C978"; /* PCI */
@@ -1609,6 +1610,7 @@ pcnet32_probe1(unsigned long ioaddr, int
chipname = "PCnet/FAST III 79C975"; /* PCI */
fdx = 1;
mii = 1;
+ sram = 1;
break;
case 0x2628:
chipname = "PCnet/PRO 79C976";
@@ -1637,6 +1639,31 @@ pcnet32_probe1(unsigned long ioaddr, int
dxsuflo = 1;
}
+ /*
+ * The Am79C973/Am79C975 controllers come with 12K of SRAM
+ * which we can use for the Tx/Rx buffers but most importantly,
+ * the use of SRAM allow us to use the BCR18:NOUFLO bit to avoid
+ * Tx fifo underflows.
+ */
+ if (sram) {
+ /*
+ * The SRAM is being configured in two steps. First we
+ * set the SRAM size in the BCR25:SRAM_SIZE bits. According
+ * to the datasheet, each bit corresponds to a 512-byte
+ * page so we can have at most 24 pages. The SRAM_SIZE
+ * holds the value of the upper 8 bits of the 16-bit SRAM size.
+ * The low 8-bits start at 0x00 and end at 0xff. So the
+ * address range is from 0x0000 up to 0x17ff. Therefore,
+ * the SRAM_SIZE is set to 0x17. The next step is to set
+ * the BCR26:SRAM_BND midway through so the Tx and Rx
+ * buffers can share the SRAM equally.
+ */
+ a->write_bcr(ioaddr, 25, 0x17);
+ a->write_bcr(ioaddr, 26, 0xc);
+ /* And finally enable the NOUFLO bit */
+ a->write_bcr(ioaddr, 18, a->read_bcr(ioaddr, 18) | (1 << 11));
+ }
+
dev = alloc_etherdev(sizeof(*lp));
if (!dev) {
ret = -ENOMEM;
Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from markos.chandras@...tec.com are
queue-3.10/net-ethernet-pcnet32-setup-the-sram-and-nouflo-on-am79c97-3-5.patch
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