netdev - Re: [PATCH net] net: mvneta: fix operation for 64K PAGE

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Date:   Mon, 17 Dec 2018 08:37:35 +0100
From:   Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@...tlin.com>
To:     Marcin Wojtas <mw@...ihalf.com>
Cc:     David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
        Maxime Chevallier <maxime.chevallier@...tlin.com>,
        Grégory Clement <gregory.clement@...tlin.com>,
        Antoine Tenart <antoine.tenart@...tlin.com>,
        Stefan Chulski <stefanc@...vell.com>, nadavh@...vell.com,
        Grzegorz Jaszczyk <jaz@...ihalf.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] net: mvneta: fix operation for 64K PAGE_SIZE

Hello Marcin,

On Mon, 17 Dec 2018 00:25:58 +0100, Marcin Wojtas wrote:

> Thanks. Indeed, the patch is valid as a fix for current version of SW
> BM. However, because this concept is broken, I will rework it and
> submit patch/patches some time early 2019.

I know some people are working on XDP support in mvneta, and this work
also needs to change parts of the memory allocation strategy in this
driver. I'd suggest to get in touch with those folks. Antoine can give
you the contact details, I don't have them off-hand. Or perhaps they
will see this e-mail :-)

Best regards,

Thomas
-- 
Thomas Petazzoni, CTO, Bootlin
Embedded Linux and Kernel engineering
https://bootlin.com