netdev - RE: [PATCH net-next v5 1/2] net/ethernet/realtek: Add Realtek automotive PCIe driver code

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Message-ID: <371e0e25bee34ad7bf6f9fa44713ac1b@realtek.com>
Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2023 13:38:12 +0000
From: Justin Lai <justinlai0215@...ltek.com>
To: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
CC: "kuba@...nel.org" <kuba@...nel.org>,
        "davem@...emloft.net"
	<davem@...emloft.net>,
        "edumazet@...gle.com" <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        "pabeni@...hat.com" <pabeni@...hat.com>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org"
	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org"
	<netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH net-next v5 1/2] net/ethernet/realtek: Add Realtek automotive PCIe driver code

> Fri, Aug 18, 2023 at 01:55:00PM CEST, justinlai0215@...ltek.com wrote:
> V>This patch is to add the ethernet device driver for the PCIe interface
> V>of Realtek Automotive Ethernet Switch,
> >applicable to RTL9054, RTL9068, RTL9072, RTL9075, RTL9068, RTL9071.
> >
> >Below is a simplified block diagram of the chip and its relevant interfaces.
> >
> >          *************************
> >          *                       *
> >          *  CPU network device   *
> >          *    ____________       *
> >          *   |            |      *
> >          *   |  PCIE Host |      *
> >          *************************
> >                    ||
> >                   PCIE
> >                    ||
> >  ****************************************
> >  *          | PCIE Endpoint |           *
> >  *          |---------------|           *
> >  *              | GMAC |                *
> >  *              |------|  Realtek       *
> >  *                 ||   RTL90xx Series  *
> >  *                 ||                   *
> >  *    _____________||______________     *
> >  *   |            |MAC|            |    *
> >  *   |            |---|            |    *
> >  *   |                             |    *
> >  *   |     Ethernet Switch Core    |    *
> >  *   |                             |    *
> >  *   |  -----             -----    |    *
> >  *   |  |MAC| ............|MAC|    |    *
> >  *   |__|___|_____________|___|____|    *
> >  *      |PHY| ............|PHY|         *
> >  *      -----             -----         *
> >  *********||****************||***********
> >
> >The block of the Realtek RTL90xx series is our entire chip
> >architecture, the GMAC is connected to the switch core, and there is no
> >PHY in between. In addition, this driver is mainly used to control GMAC, but
> does not control the switch core, so it is not the same as DSA.
> 
> [..]
> 
> 
> >+
> >+#define NETIF_F_ALL_CSUM NETIF_F_CSUM_MASK
> >+
> >+#define NETIF_F_HW_VLAN_RX NETIF_F_HW_VLAN_CTAG_RX #define
> >+NETIF_F_HW_VLAN_TX NETIF_F_HW_VLAN_CTAG_TX
> 
> [..]
> 
> I see 3 essentials wrong from 10sec review:
> 1) You don't cc people who commented your previous versions
> 2) You don't respect 72cols for patch description text (checkpatch did
>    warn you, didn't it?)
> 3) You are defining very odd macros like these 3
> 
> No need to read any longer... Really, can't you please ask someone who knows
> to help you with the submission preparation? You are vasting time of people :/
> 

Thank you for your reply, I will re-check this driver and the content you mentioned above.