netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v2 3/3] dpaa2-eth: Add pause frame support

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Date:   Wed, 28 Aug 2019 13:06:24 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     andrew@...n.ch
Cc:     ruxandra.radulescu@....com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        ioana.ciornei@....com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2 3/3] dpaa2-eth: Add pause frame support

From: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2019 13:52:50 +0200

>> Clearing the ASYM_PAUSE flag only means we tell the firmware we want
>> both Rx and Tx pause to be enabled in the beginning. User can still set
>> an asymmetric config (i.e. only Rx pause or only Tx pause to be enabled)
>> if needed.
>> 
>> The truth table is like this:
>> 
>> PAUSE | ASYM_PAUSE | Rx pause | Tx pause
>> ----------------------------------------
>>   0   |     0      | disabled | disabled
>>   0   |     1      | disabled | enabled
>>   1   |     0      | enabled  | enabled
>>   1   |     1      | enabled  | disabled
> 
> Hi Ioana
> 
> Ah, that is not intuitive. Please add a comment, and maybe this table
> to the commit message.

Isn't this the same truth table as for the pause bits in the usual MII
registers?