netdev - Re: [RFC PATCH net-next 4/6] net: ethernet: implement data transaction interface

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Message-ID: <20230910175824.GL775887@kernel.org>
Date: Sun, 10 Sep 2023 19:58:24 +0200
From: Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>
To: Parthiban Veerasooran <Parthiban.Veerasooran@...rochip.com>
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Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH net-next 4/6] net: ethernet: implement data
 transaction interface

On Fri, Sep 08, 2023 at 07:59:17PM +0530, Parthiban Veerasooran wrote:
> The ethernet frame to be sent to MAC-PHY is converted into multiple
> transmit data chunks. A transmit data chunk consists of a 4-byte data
> header followed by the transmit data chunk payload.
> 
> The received ethernet frame from the network is converted into multiple
> receive data chunks by the MAC-PHY and a receive data chunk consists of
> the receive data chunk payload followed by a 4-byte data footer at the
> end.
> 
> The MAC-PHY shall support a default data chunk payload size of 64 bytes.
> Data chunk payload sizes of 32, 16, or 8 bytes may also be supported. The
> data chunk payload is always a multiple of 4 bytes.
> 
> The 4-byte data header occurs at the beginning of each transmit data
> chunk on MOSI and the 4-byte data footer occurs at the end of each
> receive data chunk on MISO. The data header and footer contain the
> information needed to determine the validity and location of the transmit
> and receive frame data within the data chunk payload. Ethernet frames
> shall be aligned to a 32-bit boundary within the data chunk payload.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Parthiban Veerasooran <Parthiban.Veerasooran@...rochip.com>

Hi Parthiban,

this patch seems to introduce new Sparse warnings.
Please consider addressing those, and ideally the warnings
flagged in the existing oa_tc6.c code.

Thanks in advance!