netdev - Re: [PATCH 0/5] DMA fixes for PS3 device drivers

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Date:   Thu, 3 Jun 2021 12:27:55 -0700
From:   Geoff Levand <geoff@...radead.org>
To:     Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
Cc:     linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/5] DMA fixes for PS3 device drivers

Hi Michael,

On 6/2/21 10:38 PM, Michael Ellerman wrote:
> Geoff Levand <geoff@...radead.org> writes:
>> Hi,
>>
>> This is a set of patches that fix various DMA related problems in the PS3
>> device drivers, and add better error checking and improved message logging.
>>
>> The gelic network driver had a number of problems and most of the changes are
>> in it's sources.
>>
>> Please consider.
> 
> Who are you thinking would merge this?
> 
> It's sort of splattered all over the place, but is mostly networking by
> lines changed.
> 
> Maybe patches 3-5 should go via networking and I take 1-2?

As suggested, I split the V1 series into two separate series, one for
powerpc, and one for network.  

I thought it made more sense for patch 3, 'powerpc/ps3: Add dma_mask
to ps3_dma_region' to go with the powerpc series, so put it into that
series.

>> Geoff Levand (5):
>>       powerpc/ps3: Add CONFIG_PS3_VERBOSE_RESULT option
>>       powerpc/ps3: Warn on PS3 device errors
>>       powerpc/ps3: Add dma_mask to ps3_dma_region
>>       net/ps3_gelic: Add gelic_descr structures
>>       net/ps3_gelic: Cleanups, improve logging
>>
>>  arch/powerpc/include/asm/ps3.h               |   4 +-
>>  arch/powerpc/platforms/ps3/Kconfig           |   9 +
>>  arch/powerpc/platforms/ps3/mm.c              |  12 +
>>  arch/powerpc/platforms/ps3/system-bus.c      |   9 +-
>>  drivers/net/ethernet/toshiba/ps3_gelic_net.c | 968 +++++++++++++++------------
>>  drivers/net/ethernet/toshiba/ps3_gelic_net.h |  24 +-
>>  drivers/ps3/ps3-vuart.c                      |   2 +-
>>  drivers/ps3/ps3av.c                          |  22 +-
>>  8 files changed, 598 insertions(+), 452 deletions(-)

-Geoff