netdev - RE: [PATCH net-next] r8169: use unlimited DMA burst for TX

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Message-ID: <CAF7E57619E34A17A56F6D13097342EA@realtek.com.tw>
Date:	Tue, 11 Sep 2012 16:09:52 +0800
From:	hayeswang <hayeswang@...ltek.com>
To:	'Francois Romieu' <romieu@...zoreil.com>,
	'David Miller' <davem@...emloft.net>
CC:	<mschmidt@...hat.com>, <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	<ivecera@...hat.com>
Subject: RE: [PATCH net-next] r8169: use unlimited DMA burst for TX

Hi, 

 Francois Romieu [mailto:romieu@...zoreil.com] 
> Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2012 5:55 AM
> To: David Miller
> Cc: mschmidt@...hat.com; netdev@...r.kernel.org; Hayeswang; 
> nic_swsd; ivecera@...hat.com
> Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] r8169: use unlimited DMA burst for TX
> 
> Hayes, should we:
> - mimic Realtek's 8168, 8169 and 810x drivers ?
> - always set TX_DMA_BURST at the max value ?
> - do something different (per chipset) ?

Our hw engineer suggets to set unlimited for both TX_DMA_BURST and RX_DMA_BURST
for all chipsets.
 
Best Regards,
Hayes


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