netdev - Re: [PATCH 1/2] sfc: Add workspace for GMAC bug workaround to MCDI MAC

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Date:	Mon, 25 Jan 2010 19:36:35 +0000
From:	Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-net-drivers@...arflare.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] sfc: Add workspace for GMAC bug workaround to MCDI
	MAC_STATS buffer

On Mon, 2010-01-25 at 19:28 +0000, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> From: Guido Barzini <gbarzini@...arflare.com>
> 
> Due to a hardware bug in the SFC9000 family, the firmware must
> transfer raw GMAC statistics to host memory before aggregating them
> into the cooked (speed-independent) MAC statistics.  Extend the stats
> buffer to support this.
> 
> The length of the buffer is explicit in the MAC_STATS command, so this
> change is backward-compatible on both sides.

David,

I forgot to note that this is meant for net-2.6.

Ben.

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