netdev - Re: [PATCH net] net: enetc: initialize the RFS and RSS memories

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Date:   Thu, 4 Feb 2021 17:13:19 -0800
From:   Jesse Brandeburg <jesse.brandeburg@...el.com>
To:     Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@....com>
Cc:     "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Michael Walle <michael@...le.cc>,
        Claudiu Manoil <claudiu.manoil@....com>,
        Alexandru Marginean <alexandru.marginean@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] net: enetc: initialize the RFS and RSS memories

Vladimir Oltean wrote:
> Discussion with the hardware design engineers reveals that on LS1028A,
> the hardware does not do initialization of that RFS/RSS memory, and that
> software should clear/initialize the entire table before starting to
> operate. That comes as a bit of a surprise, since the driver does not do
> initialization of the RFS memory. Also, the initialization of the
> Receive Side Scaling is done only partially.

...
 
> Reported-by: Michael Walle <michael@...le.cc>
> Fixes: d4fd0404c1c9 ("enetc: Introduce basic PF and VF ENETC ethernet drivers")
> Signed-off-by: Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@....com>

Reviewed-by: Jesse Brandeburg <jesse.brandeburg@...el.com>