linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net-next 06/14] net: bcmgenet: move DESC

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Message-ID: <3afcc3c2-2204-4a53-ac81-6009fdad2347@broadcom.com>
Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2025 12:17:03 -0800
From: Florian Fainelli <florian.fainelli@...adcom.com>
To: Doug Berger <opendmb@...il.com>, Andrew Lunn <andrew+netdev@...n.ch>,
 "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
 Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>
Cc: Broadcom internal kernel review list
 <bcm-kernel-feedback-list@...adcom.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 06/14] net: bcmgenet: move DESC_INDEX flow to
 ring 0

On 3/6/25 11:26, Doug Berger wrote:
> The default transmit and receive packet handling is moved from
> the DESC_INDEX (i.e. 16) descriptor rings to the Ring 0 queues.
> This saves a fair amount of special case code by unifying the
> handling.
> 
> A default dummy filter is enabled in the Hardware Filter Block
> to route default receive packets to Ring 0.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Doug Berger <opendmb@...il.com>

Reviewed-by: Florian Fainelli <florian.fainelli@...adcom.com>
-- 
Florian