netdev - Re: [PATCH 1/3]: tg3: Consolidate two ->hard_start

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Message-ID: <C27F8246C663564A84BB7AB343977242019B6FEC84@IRVEXCHCCR01.corp.ad.broadcom.com>
Date:	Thu, 19 Jun 2008 06:55:57 -0700
From:	"Michael Chan" <mchan@...adcom.com>
To:	"'David Miller'" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
cc:	"vinay@...ux.vnet.ibm.com" <vinay@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	"krkumar2@...ibm.com" <krkumar2@...ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3]: tg3: Consolidate two ->hard_start_xmit()
 handlers.

David Miller wrote:

> tg3: Consolidate two ->hard_start_xmit() handlers.
>
> In order to facilitate making changes to the TX handling
> of this driver easier to implement, combine the two transmit
> handlers.
>
> One is for working around DMA bugs in various chip versions.
> This is replaced with a feature bit, which guards the DMA
> condition checks.

The TG3_FLG2_HW_TSO_2 logic also needs to be added back to the
consolidated hard_start_xmit() handler.  We'll send you an
updated patch 1 later today.

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