netdev - Re: [PATCH v3] Gigabit Ethernet driver of Topcliff PCH

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Message-ID: <001701cb54d3$3b75a730$66f8800a@maildom.okisemi.com>
Date:	Wed, 15 Sep 2010 21:19:46 +0900
From:	"Masayuki Ohtake" <masa-korg@....okisemi.com>
To:	"Joe Perches" <joe@...ches.com>
Cc:	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	"Randy Dunlap" <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>,
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	"Stephen Hemminger" <shemminger@...tta.com>,
	"Jili Slaby" <jslaby@...e.cz>,
	"FUJITA Tomonori" <fujita.tomonori@....ntt.co.jp>,
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	"Wang, Yong Y" <yong.y.wang@...el.com>,
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	"Toshiharu Okada" <okada533@....okisemi.com>,
	"Takahiro Shimizu" <shimizu394@....okisemi.com>,
	"Tomoya Morinaga" <morinaga526@....okisemi.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] Gigabit Ethernet driver of Topcliff PCH

Hi Joe

Thank you for your comments.

My reply comments are included in the following.
I will resubmit after modified.

Thanks Ohtake
-----
Date: Thu, 09 Sep 2010 23:32:07 -0700
From: "Joe Perches" <joe@...ches.com>
> > diff --git a/drivers/net/pch_gbe/pch_gbe_ethtool.c b/drivers/net/pch_gbe/pch_gbe_ethtool.c
> []
> > +static void pch_gbe_get_regs(struct net_device *netdev,
> > + struct ethtool_regs *regs, void *p)
> > +{
> > + struct pch_gbe_adapter *adapter = netdev_priv(netdev);
> > + struct pch_gbe_hw *hw = &adapter->hw;
> > + struct pci_dev *pdev = adapter->pdev;
> > + u32 *regs_buff = p;
> > + u16 i, reg, tmp;
> > +
> > + regs->version = pdev->revision;
> > + regs->version = 0x1000000 | (regs->version << 16) | pdev->device;
>
> Might be simpler as:
> regs->version = 0x1000000 | (__u32)pdev->revision << 16 | pdev->device;
>
> The block below is a bit confusing to me.

[masa]
This will be modified so.


> > + memset(p, 0, PCH_GBE_REGS_LEN * (int)sizeof(u32));
>
> It seems the memset is unnecessary as it's completely
> overwritten below.

[masa]
This will be deleted.

>
> > + for (i = 0; i < PCH_GBE_MAC_REGS_LEN; i++)
> > + regs_buff[i] = ioread32(&hw->reg->INT_ST + i);
> > + /* PHY register */
> > + for (i = PCH_GBE_MAC_REGS_LEN, reg = 0; reg < PCH_GBE_PHY_REGS_LEN;
> > +      i++, reg++) {
> > + pch_gbe_hal_read_phy_reg(&adapter->hw, reg, &tmp);
> > + regs_buff[i] = tmp;
> > + }
>
> I think i'd be simpler to do something like:
>
> for (i = 0; i < PCH_GBE_MAC_REGS_LEN; i++)
> *regs_buff++ = ioread32(&hw->reg->INT_ST + i);
>
> /* PHY register */
> for (i = 0; i < PCH_GBE_PHY_REGS_LEN; i++) {
> pch_gbe_hal_read_phy_reg(&adapter->hw, i, &tmp);
> *regs_buff++ = tmp;
> }

[masa]
This will be modified so.


> +void pch_gbe_mac_mar_set(struct pch_gbe_hw *hw, u8 * addr, u32 index)
> > +{
> > + u32 mar_low, mar_high, adrmask;
> > +
> > + pr_debug("index : 0x%x\n", index);
> > +
> > + /*
> > + * HW expects these in little endian so we reverse the byte order
> > + * from network order (big endian) to little endian
> > + */
> > + mar_high = ((u32) addr[0] | ((u32) addr[1] << 8) |
> > +    ((u32) addr[2] << 16) | ((u32) addr[3] << 24));
> > + mar_low = ((u32) addr[4] | ((u32) addr[5] << 8));
> > + /* Stop the MAC Address of index. */
> > + adrmask = ioread32(&hw->reg->ADDR_MASK);
> > + iowrite32((adrmask | (0x0001 << index)), &hw->reg->ADDR_MASK);
> > + /* wait busy */
> > + while ((ioread32(&hw->reg->ADDR_MASK) & PCH_GBE_BUSY)) {
> > + int tmp = 0;
> > + udelay(20);
> > + tmp++;
> > + if (tmp == 1000) {
> > + pr_err("Address mask bit is not cleared\n");
> > + break;
> > + }
> > + }
>
> You need to move the declaration of tmp out of the while.
>
> Do these really need to be busy-waits?

[masa]
The declaration of tmp will be moved.
It is necessary to wait for BUSY by the specification of hardware.

>
> > + /* Set the MAC address to the MAC address 1A/1B register */
> > + iowrite32(mar_high, &hw->reg->mac_adr[index].high);
> > + iowrite32(mar_low, &hw->reg->mac_adr[index].low);
> > + /* Start the MAC address of index */
> > + iowrite32((adrmask & ~(0x0001 << index)), &hw->reg->ADDR_MASK);
> > + /* wait busy */
> > + while ((ioread32(&hw->reg->ADDR_MASK) & PCH_GBE_BUSY)) {
> > + int tmp = 0;
> > + udelay(20);
> > + tmp++;
> > + if (tmp == 1000) {
> > + pr_err("Address mask bit is not cleared\n");
> > + break;
> > + }
> > + }
> > +}
>
> Here too.  There are more of these too I'm not listing.
> Perhaps you could review the logic a bit more.
>

[masa]
This will be modified.





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