Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 1/2] dts: Add bindings for multicast hash bins and perfect filter entries

From: Giuseppe CAVALLARO <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2014 10:58:21 +0100

Hello Vince

On 1/31/2014 9:15 PM, Vince Bridgers wrote:
> This change adds bindings for the number of multicast hash bins and perfect
> filter entries supported by the Synopsys EMAC. The Synopsys EMAC core is
> configurable at device creation time, and can be configured for a different
> number of multicast hash bins and a different number of perfect filter entries.
> The device does not provide a way to query these parameters, therefore
> parameters are required. The Altera Cyclone V SOC has support for 256
> multicast hash bins and 128 perfect filter entries, and is different than
> what's currently provided in the stmmac driver.
>

thanks a lot for these patches, I have just added some comment for the
patch #2

peppe

> Signed-off-by: Vince Bridgers <[email-masked]>
> ---
>   Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/stmmac.txt |    6 ++++++
>   1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/stmmac.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/stmmac.txt
> index 9d92d42..dbf7498 100644
> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/stmmac.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/stmmac.txt
> @@ -34,6 +34,10 @@ Optional properties:
>   	reset phandle is given
>   - max-frame-size:	Maximum Transfer Unit (IEEE defined MTU), rather
>   			than the maximum frame size.
> +- snps,multicast-filter-bins:	Number of multicast filter hash bins
> +				supported by this device instance
> +- snps,perfect-filter-entries:	Number of perfect filter entries supported
> +				by this device instance
>
>   Examples:
>
> @@ -46,4 +50,6 @@ Examples:
>   		mac-address = [000000000000]; /* Filled in by U-Boot */
>   		max-frame-size = <3800>;
>   		phy-mode = "gmii";
> +		snps,multicast-filter-bins = <256>;
> +		snps,perfect-filter-entries = <128>;
>   	};
>