Mason <slash....@free.fr> writes: > On 10/11/2015 17:14, Mans Rullgard wrote: > >> This adds a driver for the Aurora VLSI NB8800 Ethernet controller. >> It is an almost complete rewrite of a driver originally found in >> a Sigma Designs 2.6.22 tree. >> >> Signed-off-by: Mans Rullgard <m...@mansr.com> >> --- >> Changes: >> - Refactored mdio access functions >> - Refactored register access helpers >> - Improved error handling in rx buffer allocation >> - Optimised some fifo parameters >> - Overhauled tx dma. Multiple packets are now chained in a single dma >> operation if xmit_more is set, improving performance. >> - Improved rx irq handling. It's not possible to disable interrupts >> entirely for napi poll, but they can be slowed down a little. >> - Use readx_poll_timeout in various places >> - Improved error detection >> - Improved statistics >> - Report hardware statistics counters through ethtool >> - Improved tangox-specific setup >> - Support for flow control using pause frames >> - Explanatory comments added >> - Various minor stylistic changes >> --- >> drivers/net/ethernet/Kconfig | 1 + >> drivers/net/ethernet/Makefile | 1 + >> drivers/net/ethernet/aurora/Kconfig | 20 + >> drivers/net/ethernet/aurora/Makefile | 1 + >> drivers/net/ethernet/aurora/nb8800.c | 1530 >> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >> drivers/net/ethernet/aurora/nb8800.h | 314 +++++++ >> 6 files changed, 1867 insertions(+) > > The code has grown much since the previous patch, despite some > refactoring. Is this mostly due to ethtool_ops support? > > drivers/net/ethernet/aurora/nb8800.c | 1146 > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > drivers/net/ethernet/aurora/nb8800.h | 230 +++++++
Some of the increase is from new features, some from improvements, and then there are a bunch of new comments. -- Måns Rullgård m...@mansr.com -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
