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From: Giuseppe CAVALLARO <peppe.cavallaro@st•com>
To: Viresh KUMAR <viresh.kumar@st•com>
Cc: "netdev@vger•kernel.org" <netdev@vger•kernel.org>,
	spear-devel <spear-devel@list•st.com>
Subject: Re: [net-next 3/4] stmmac: verify the dma_cfg platform fields
Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2012 08:29:55 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4F8FB0E3.4000300@st.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4F8FAB12.2060108@st.com>

On 4/19/2012 8:05 AM, Viresh KUMAR wrote:
> On 4/19/2012 11:18 AM, Giuseppe CAVALLARO wrote:
>> Recently the dma parameters that can be passed from the platform
>> have been moved from the plat_stmmacenet_data to the stmmac_dma_cfg.
>>
>> In case of this new structure is not well allocated the driver can
>> fails. This is an example how this field is managed in ST platforms
>>
>> static struct stmmac_dma_cfg gmac_dma_setting = {
>>         .pbl = 32,
>> };
>>
>> static struct plat_stmmacenet_data stih415_ethernet_platform_data[] = {
>> 	{
>> 		.dma_cfg = &gmac_dma_setting,
>> 		.has_gmac = 1,
>> [snip]
>>
>> This patch so verifies that the dma_cfg passed from the platform.
>> In case of it is NULL there is no reason that the driver has to fail
>> and some default values can be passed. These are ok for all the
>> Synopsys chips and could impact on performances, only.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Giuseppe Cavallaro <peppe.cavallaro@st•com>
>> cc: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@st•com>
> 
> I really can't review it, as i am not stmmac expert. But, i am sure
> the problem i highlighted will be resolved by this patch.
> 
> Another thing, as SPEAr is using stmmac, can you always cc spear-devel@list•st.com
> for all stmmac patches.

Yes! I have forgotten to add spear guys ;-)

Thanks for your feedbak

Peppe

> 

  reply	other threads:[~2012-04-19  6:31 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-04-19  5:48 [net-next 1/4] stmmac: use custom init/exit functions in pm ops Giuseppe CAVALLARO
2012-04-19  5:48 ` [net-next 2/4 (v2)] stmmac: Move the mdio_register/_unregister in probe/remove Giuseppe CAVALLARO
2012-04-20  0:09   ` David Miller
2012-04-19  5:48 ` [net-next 3/4] stmmac: verify the dma_cfg platform fields Giuseppe CAVALLARO
2012-04-19  6:05   ` Viresh Kumar
2012-04-19  6:29     ` Giuseppe CAVALLARO [this message]
2012-04-20  0:09   ` David Miller
2012-04-19  5:48 ` [net-next 4/4] stmmac: do not fail when probe and there is no csr clk defined Giuseppe CAVALLARO
2012-04-20  0:09   ` David Miller
2012-04-20  0:06 ` [net-next 1/4] stmmac: use custom init/exit functions in pm ops David Miller

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