netdev - Re: [PATCH v1] sun4i-emac.c: enable emac tx dma

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Message-ID: <tencent_15A7824636308FBA779482A8D296ADB0A607@qq.com>
Date:   Mon, 10 Jan 2022 15:47:02 +0800
From:   Conley Lee <conleylee@...mail.com>
To:     Corentin Labbe <clabbe.montjoie@...il.com>
Cc:     davem@...emloft.net, mripard@...nel.org, wens@...e.org,
        jernej.skrabec@...il.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-sunxi@...ts.linux.dev,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1] sun4i-emac.c: enable emac tx dma

On 01/09/22 at 09:45下午, Corentin Labbe wrote:
> Date: Sun, 9 Jan 2022 21:45:01 +0100
> From: Corentin Labbe <clabbe.montjoie@...il.com>
> To: conleylee@...mail.com
> Cc: davem@...emloft.net, mripard@...nel.org, wens@...e.org,
>  jernej.skrabec@...il.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
>  linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-sunxi@...ts.linux.dev,
>  linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
> Subject: Re: [PATCH v1] sun4i-emac.c: enable emac tx dma
> 
> Le Sun, Jan 09, 2022 at 05:17:55PM +0800, conleylee@...mail.com a écrit :
> > From: conley <conleylee@...mail.com>
> > 
> > Hello
> > I am reading the R40 user manual and trying to create a new path to enable
> > emac tx dma channel. According to the figure 8-21(TX Operation Diagram),
> > I try to enable emac tx dma channel by the follow steps:
> > 1. enable tx dma mode
> > 2. set packet lengths
> > 2. move data from skb to tx fifo by using dma in xmit function.
> > 3. start transfer from tx fifo to phy in dma tx done callback
> > 
> > But it doesn't work. emac tx interrupt and dma finished interrupt are
> > raised, but no packets are transmitted (I test it by tcpdump).
> > Do you know how to configure the emac tx dma correctly? Thanks ~
> > 
> 
> Hello
> 
> Here are my thoughts to help you:
> - Your email is not a real patch, but an ask for help, so you should not use [ PATCH ] in the subject.
> - If it was a patch, "v1" is not necessary
> - Your patch below is doing too many unrelated different things, it is hard to see the DMA TX enable part
> - I think you could first send a preliminary patch which adds all EMAC_INT_CTL_TX_xxx which are already used by the driver (to reduce the diff)
> - Without the DTB change, it is hard to see the whole picture, did you correctly use the right dma number for an easy example.
> - Knowing also the board (and so PHY, modes etc...) could help
> - I think your priority should not to add TX, but to fix reported problems to your initial patch (build warnings/error https://marc.info/?l=linux-arm-kernel&m=164159846213585&w=2) since your work on TX will need to be applied after this.
> - For the previous point, always build test with at least 2 different 32/64 arch. And if possible a total different arch (like x86_64).
> 
> Anyway, I will try to test your patch on my a10 board
> 
> Regards
Thanks a lot for your help ~ I will submit an patch which add all
register related. By the way, the build warnings problems have been fixed
by Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>.