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Message-Id: <20120413.113757.896106674970820826.davem@davemloft.net>
Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2012 11:37:57 -0400 (EDT)
From: David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To: sjur.brandeland@...ricsson.com
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org, sjurbren@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 0/4] New CAIF features
From: Sjur Brændeland <sjur.brandeland@...ricsson.com>
Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2012 20:27:23 +0200
> Add feature to aggregate CAIF HSI frames into one large HSI-transfer.
> The triggers for starting a HSI transfer are:
> Max transfer size reached, timeout or reception of low-latency traffic.
> As long as none of these triggers are met, CAIF-frames will be aggregated.
>
> In order to be able to support aggregation and detect low-latency traffic,
> CAIF packets are assigned a TC class.
>
> In addition we are now allowing other kernel modules to use the HSI interface
> while the CAIF interface is closed. The CAIF-HSI interface is changed so that
> reference to the HSI interface is held only when CAIF-HSI is in state UP.
> Initialization/de-initialization of the HSI HW is performed when the interface
> is opened/closed instead of at module load time.
>
> NOTE: This patch-set depends on the patch "caif-hsi: Free flip_buffer at shutdown",
> sent in the Bug-fix patch-set.
All applied, thanks for letting me know explicitly about the dependency.
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