netdev - Re: [RFC PATCH] net: macb: Apply RXUBR workaround only to versions with errata

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Date:   Thu, 29 Nov 2018 10:43:01 +0530
From:   Harini Katakam <harinik@...inx.com>
To:     Brandon Streiff <brandon.streiff@...com>
Cc:     Harini Katakam <harini.katakam@...inx.com>,
        Nicolas Ferre <nicolas.ferre@...rochip.com>,
        David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Michal Simek <michal.simek@...inx.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] net: macb: Apply RXUBR workaround only to versions
 with errata

Hi Brandon,

On Thu, Nov 29, 2018 at 2:39 AM Brandon Streiff <brandon.streiff@...com> wrote:
>
> On 11/23/2018 3:59 AM, Harini Katakam wrote:
> > +/* Errata mask bits */
> > +#define MACB_ERRATA_RXLOCKUP                 0x00000001
> > +
> >  /* LSO settings */
> >  #define MACB_LSO_UFO_ENABLE                  0x01
> >  #define MACB_LSO_TSO_ENABLE                  0x02
> > @@ -1085,6 +1088,7 @@ struct macb_config {
> >                           struct clk **rx_clk);
> >       int     (*init)(struct platform_device *pdev);
> >       int     jumbo_max_len;
> > +     u32     errata;
> >  };
> >
> >  struct tsu_incr {
> > @@ -1214,6 +1218,8 @@ struct macb {
> >
> >       int     rx_bd_rd_prefetch;
> >       int     tx_bd_rd_prefetch;
> > +
> > +     u32 errata;
> >  };
>
> Hi Harini,
>
> Could this be made into simpler by instead adding a caps bit, named
> (perhaps) MACB_CAPS_BUGGY_RXUBR or MACB_CAPS_NEEDS_RXUBR_RESETS or
> something?
>
> That would save needing to add a new u32 field into the macb_config and
> macb structs (both of which already have this caps field).

Thanks for the review. Yes, the caps field already has all that.
The only reason I separated it was that CAPS generally referred to a feature and
this is a workaround for an errata. There's no functional need, of course and
I'm ok to integrate it as well.

Regards,
Harini