netdev - Re: [PATCH net 1/2] bnxt_en: Mask the bd

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Message-ID: <CACKFLi=o7Ms7JFFUzTppMpOHB4pVrr5akg2KfdbXGQYU-P+a3g@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2025 14:16:12 -0700
From: Michael Chan <michael.chan@...adcom.com>
To: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
Cc: davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org, edumazet@...gle.com, 
	pabeni@...hat.com, andrew+netdev@...n.ch, pavan.chebbi@...adcom.com, 
	andrew.gospodarek@...adcom.com, osk@...gle.com, 
	Kalesh AP <kalesh-anakkur.purayil@...adcom.com>, 
	Somnath Kotur <somnath.kotur@...adcom.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net 1/2] bnxt_en: Mask the bd_cnt field in the TX BD properly

On Mon, Mar 24, 2025 at 2:12 PM Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org> wrote:

> Could you clarify how this patch improves things, exactly?
> Patch 2/2 looks like the real fix, silently truncating
> the number of frags does not seem to make anything correct..

This patch fixes the value 32 because the hardware treats the value 0
(5 bits of 0) to be 32.

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