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Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2022 09:03:38 +0200
From: Lukasz Spintzyk <lukasz.spintzyk@...aptics.com>
To: Oliver Neukum <oneukum@...e.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc: ppd-posix@...aptics.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] net/cdc_ncm: Add ntb_max_rx,ntb_max_tx cdc_ncm module
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On 14/06/2022 12:24, Lukasz Spintzyk wrote:
> On 13/06/2022 16:54, Oliver Neukum wrote:
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>> On 13.06.22 10:02, Łukasz Spintzyk wrote:
>>> This change allows to optionally adjust maximum RX and TX NTB size
>>> to better match specific device capabilities, leading to
>>> higher achievable Ethernet bandwidth.
>>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> this is awkward a patch. If some devices need bigger buffers, the
>> driver should grow its buffers for them without administrative
>> intervention.
>>
>> Regards
>> Oliver
>>
>
> This is true,
> Some of DisplayLink USB ethernet devices require values of TX and RX NTB
> size higher then 32kb and this is more then defined
> CDC_NCM_NTB_MAX_SIZE_TX/RX
> I wanted to be careful and not increase limit of NTB size for all
> devices. But it would also by ok to me if we could increase
> CDC_NCM_NTB_MAX_SIZE_TX/RX to 64kb.
>
> Regards
> Lukasz Spintzyk
This whole patch could be changed to that two line fix:
diff --git a/include/linux/usb/cdc_ncm.h b/include/linux/usb/cdc_ncm.h
index f7cb3ddce7fb..2d207cb4837d 100644
--- a/include/linux/usb/cdc_ncm.h
+++ b/include/linux/usb/cdc_ncm.h
@@ -53,8 +53,8 @@
#define USB_CDC_NCM_NDP32_LENGTH_MIN 0x20
/* Maximum NTB length */
-#define CDC_NCM_NTB_MAX_SIZE_TX 32768 /* bytes */
-#define CDC_NCM_NTB_MAX_SIZE_RX 32768 /* bytes */
+#define CDC_NCM_NTB_MAX_SIZE_TX 65536 /* bytes */
+#define CDC_NCM_NTB_MAX_SIZE_RX 65536 /* bytes */
/* Initial NTB length */
#define CDC_NCM_NTB_DEF_SIZE_TX 16384 /* bytes */
Olivier, would it be acceptable to increase max NTB RX/TX size to 64kb?
regards
Lukasz Spintzyk
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