linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/5] staging: fsl-dpaa2/eth: Don't account SWA in tx_data

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Message-ID: <20171027142649.rwlz4lvdf7jbcqng@mwanda>
Date:   Fri, 27 Oct 2017 17:26:49 +0300
From:   Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
To:     Bogdan Purcareata <bogdan.purcareata@....com>
Cc:     ruxandra.radulescu@....com, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, devel@...verdev.osuosl.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/5] staging: fsl-dpaa2/eth: Don't account SWA in
 tx_data_offset


On Fri, Oct 27, 2017 at 02:11:34PM +0000, Bogdan Purcareata wrote:
> When configuring the Tx buffer layout, the software annotation size is
> mentioned, and MC accounts for it when configuring the frame
> tx_data_offset. No need to handle it in the driver as well.
> 

The impact is that we allocate slightly less memory right?

regards,
dan carpenter