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From: Sergei Shtylyov <sergei.shtylyov@cogentembedded.com>
To: Richard Cochran <richardcochran@gmail.com>
Cc: robh+dt@kernel.org, pawel.moll@arm.com, mark.rutland@arm.com,
	ijc+devicetree@hellion.org.uk, devicetree@vger.kernel.org,
	galak@codeaurora.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-sh@vger.kernel.org,
	Mitsuhiro Kimura <mitsuhiro.kimura.kc@renesas.com>,
	masaru.nagai.vx@renesas.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH resend] Renesas Ethernet AVB driver
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2015 10:14:40 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <552CE890.3040103@cogentembedded.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20150414052729.GA5179@netboy>

Hello.

On 4/14/2015 8:27 AM, Richard Cochran wrote:

>>>> This is a bit hacky.  Can't your driver make sure that the HW is ready?

>>>     Will look into this. Perhaps it's a remainder from when the PTP driver was
>>> separate...

>>     No, we enter this mode upon closing the Ethernet device and when
>> the ring DMA sizes are changed. Seems unavoidable...

>>>>> +    if (ravb_read(priv->ndev, CSR) & CSR_OPS_CONFIG)
>>>>> +        return true;
>>>>> +    else
>>>>> +        return false;

> It is surely avoidable.  The driver knows (or should know) whether or
> not the hardware has been configured or not.

    So you only want to avoid the register read here?

> Thanks,
> Richard

WBR, Sergei


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From: Sergei Shtylyov <sergei.shtylyov@cogentembedded.com>
To: Richard Cochran <richardcochran@gmail.com>
Cc: robh+dt@kernel.org, pawel.moll@arm.com, mark.rutland@arm.com,
	ijc+devicetree@hellion.org.uk, devicetree@vger.kernel.org,
	galak@codeaurora.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-sh@vger.kernel.org,
	Mitsuhiro Kimura <mitsuhiro.kimura.kc@renesas.com>,
	masaru.nagai.vx@renesas.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH resend] Renesas Ethernet AVB driver
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2015 13:14:40 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <552CE890.3040103@cogentembedded.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20150414052729.GA5179@netboy>

Hello.

On 4/14/2015 8:27 AM, Richard Cochran wrote:

>>>> This is a bit hacky.  Can't your driver make sure that the HW is ready?

>>>     Will look into this. Perhaps it's a remainder from when the PTP driver was
>>> separate...

>>     No, we enter this mode upon closing the Ethernet device and when
>> the ring DMA sizes are changed. Seems unavoidable...

>>>>> +    if (ravb_read(priv->ndev, CSR) & CSR_OPS_CONFIG)
>>>>> +        return true;
>>>>> +    else
>>>>> +        return false;

> It is surely avoidable.  The driver knows (or should know) whether or
> not the hardware has been configured or not.

    So you only want to avoid the register read here?

> Thanks,
> Richard

WBR, Sergei

  reply	other threads:[~2015-04-14 10:14 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 62+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-03-27 23:13 [PATCH resend] Renesas Ethernet AVB driver Sergei Shtylyov
2015-03-27 23:13 ` Sergei Shtylyov
2015-03-28  5:17 ` Lino Sanfilippo
2015-03-28  5:17   ` Lino Sanfilippo
2015-03-28  8:36   ` Richard Cochran
2015-03-28  8:36     ` Richard Cochran
2015-03-28 13:55   ` Sergei Shtylyov
2015-03-28 13:55     ` Sergei Shtylyov
2015-03-28  8:28 ` Richard Cochran
2015-03-28  8:28   ` Richard Cochran
2015-03-28 18:26   ` David Miller
2015-03-28 18:26     ` David Miller
2015-03-30 22:51   ` Sergei Shtylyov
2015-03-30 22:51     ` Sergei Shtylyov
2015-03-31  6:43     ` Richard Cochran
2015-03-31  6:43       ` Richard Cochran
2015-03-31  9:01       ` Richard Cochran
2015-03-31  9:01         ` Richard Cochran
2015-03-31 15:38       ` David Miller
2015-03-31 15:38         ` David Miller
2015-03-31 17:40         ` Sergei Shtylyov
2015-03-31 17:40           ` Sergei Shtylyov
2015-03-31 17:48           ` David Miller
2015-03-31 17:48             ` David Miller
2015-04-03  6:27             ` masaru.nagai.vx
2015-04-03  6:27               ` masaru.nagai.vx
2015-04-03  6:27               ` masaru.nagai.vx
2015-04-12 22:03               ` Sergei Shtylyov
2015-04-12 22:03                 ` Sergei Shtylyov
2015-04-09 13:11       ` Bjørn Mork
2015-04-09 13:11         ` Bjørn Mork
2015-04-09 17:57         ` David Miller
2015-04-09 17:57           ` David Miller
2015-04-13 20:23     ` Sergei Shtylyov
2015-04-13 20:23       ` Sergei Shtylyov
2015-04-14  5:27       ` Richard Cochran
2015-04-14  5:27         ` Richard Cochran
2015-04-14 10:14         ` Sergei Shtylyov [this message]
2015-04-14 10:14           ` Sergei Shtylyov
2015-04-14 16:30           ` Richard Cochran
2015-04-14 16:30             ` Richard Cochran
2015-04-14 16:58             ` Sergei Shtylyov
2015-04-14 16:58               ` Sergei Shtylyov
2015-04-14 18:30               ` Richard Cochran
2015-04-14 18:30                 ` Richard Cochran
2015-04-15  1:01                 ` masaru.nagai.vx
2015-04-15  1:01                   ` masaru.nagai.vx
2015-04-15  1:01                   ` masaru.nagai.vx
2015-04-15  5:31                   ` Richard Cochran
2015-04-15  5:31                     ` Richard Cochran
2015-04-02 13:56 ` Ben Hutchings
2015-04-02 13:56   ` Ben Hutchings
2015-04-13 20:34   ` Sergei Shtylyov
2015-04-13 20:34     ` Sergei Shtylyov
2015-04-13 22:13     ` Lino Sanfilippo
2015-04-13 22:13       ` Lino Sanfilippo
2015-04-13 22:31       ` Ben Hutchings
2015-04-13 22:31         ` Ben Hutchings
2015-04-13 22:53         ` Lino Sanfilippo
2015-04-13 22:53           ` Lino Sanfilippo
2015-04-13 23:08           ` Ben Hutchings
2015-04-13 23:08             ` Ben Hutchings

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