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

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Message-ID: <20250324142330.40ccb557@kernel.org>
Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2025 14:23:30 -0700
From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To: Michael Chan <michael.chan@...adcom.com>
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, 24 Mar 2025 14:16:12 -0700 Michael Chan 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.

Sorry, must be jetlag.. But your one sentence would be a much better
commit description than what's currently there ;)
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