netdev - Re: [PATCH v2] sh_eth: use RNC mode for R8A7790/R87791

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Message-ID: <538D36AF.6050303@renesas.com>
Date:	Tue, 3 Jun 2014 11:45:03 +0900
From:	Yoshihiro Shimoda <yoshihiro.shimoda.uh@...esas.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
CC:	"sergei.shtylyov@...entembedded.com" 
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	Nobuhiro Iwamatsu <nobuhiro.iwamatsu.yj@...esas.com>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] sh_eth: use RNC mode for R8A7790/R87791

Hi David,

(2014/06/03 5:49), David Miller wrote:
> From: Sergei Shtylyov <sergei.shtylyov@...entembedded.com>
> Date: Mon, 02 Jun 2014 23:33:47 +0400
> 
>>    Looks like the early SH2/3 SoCs didn't implement the whole register.
>> Despite that, sh_eth_dev_init() always writes to this register... :-/
>> So far, the RMCR.RNC bit was mostly set for the Gigabit-capable
>> controllers, however that rule wasn't strictly followed. Well, this
>> driver is still a mess, and it's hard to deal with it without the
>> necessary documentation.
> 
> Why don't we therefore:
> 
> 1) Skip the register write if the per-chip value is zero.
> 
> 2) Add the RNC bit to all of the gigabit capable controllers.
> 

Thank you for the suggestion.

I checked all of datasheets about the following LSIs.
 - sh7619, sh7710, sh7724, sh7734, sh7757(ether, gther),
   sh7763, r7s72100, r8a7740, r8a7778, r8a7790, r8a7791
   (There are in the "static struct platform_device_id sh_eth_id_table[]".)

And then, I found all of these LSIs have the "RNC" bit in the register.
Accurately some LSIs have a difference bit name like "RNR" or "RR". (I don't know why...)
However, the behavior of the bit is the same as all of these LSIs.

So, I think we are able to:
 - add the RNC bit to all of the ethernet controllers.
 - remove ".rmcr_value" in the "struct sh_eth_cpu_data".

Best regargds,
Yoshihiro Shimoda
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