netdev - Re: [PATCH] net: systemport: Correct IPG length settings

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Message-ID: <E25BBE5B-BF14-43B0-A0B8-1BA66FB11EDD@gmail.com>
Date:   Fri, 27 Oct 2017 17:52:44 -0700
From:   Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
To:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, davem@...emloft.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: systemport: Correct IPG length settings

On October 27, 2017 5:30:00 PM PDT, Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com> wrote:
>Due to a documentation mistake, the IPG length was set to 0x12 while it
>should have been 12 (decimal). This would affect short packet (64B
>typically) performance since the IPG was bigger than necessary.
>

David, I will be sending a v2 which moves the IPG fix outside of the netdev_uses_dsa() clause since that is independent, unlike the GIB extension. Thanks!

-- 
Florian