netdev - Re: [RFC][BNX2X] .h files rewrite

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Date:	Fri, 02 Nov 2007 16:35:54 -0700
From:	Max Asbock <masbock@...ibm.com>
To:	Eliezer Tamir <eliezert@...adcom.com>
Cc:	"davem@...emloft.net" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Michael Chan <mchan@...adcom.com>,
	"jeff@...zik.org" <jeff@...zik.org>,
	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC][BNX2X] .h files rewrite

On Sun, 2007-10-28 at 22:17 +0200, Eliezer Tamir wrote:
> Dave,
> 
> Please take a look and tell me if this is better than the last attempt.
> 
> Main changes:
> 
> * Rewrite of the init code: 
> 	1. Full rewrite of the generated code into something easier to read.
> 	2. Removed zeroes by adding a zero command.
> 	3. Big chucks of data are read by the chip using the DMA engine (instead of being written by the driver).
> 	4. Gzipped more of the data.
> 
> * Removed BE microcode, the swapping is done in the driver instead.
> 
> * Rewrite of the HSI - broke it into three files bnx2x_hsi.h bnx2x_reg.h and bnx2x_fw_defs.h
> 
> * Fixed SPARSE warnings.
> 
> * Fixed all but three checkpatch.pl warnings. (IMHO they are false positives)
> 
> The diff is against latest net-2.6.
> 
> ftp link:
> ftp://Net_sys_anon@...1.broadcom.com/0001-bnx2x-h-file-rewrite.txt
> 
> gzipped:
> ftp://Net_sys_anon@...1.broadcom.com/0001-bnx2x-h-file-rewrite.txt.gz
> 
> (will also attache patch inline as reply to this email for review)
> 

I built the newest bnx2x code against the net-2.6 kernel and ran a
number of stress tests with netperf and pktgen. I did not encounter any
errors.

Max


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