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From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
To: repk@triplefau.lt
Cc: peppe.cavallaro@st.com, alexandre.torgue@st.com,
	joabreu@synopsys.com, netdev@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-amlogic@lists.infradead.org,
	stable@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] net: stmmac: dwmac1000: Disable ACS if enhanced descs are not used
Date: Sun, 08 Mar 2020 21:29:11 -0700 (PDT)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20200308.212911.623712971851173339.davem@davemloft.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20200308092556.23881-1-repk@triplefau.lt>

From: Remi Pommarel <repk@triplefau.lt>
Date: Sun,  8 Mar 2020 10:25:56 +0100

> ACS (auto PAD/FCS stripping) removes FCS off 802.3 packets (LLC) so that
> there is no need to manually strip it for such packets. The enhanced DMA
> descriptors allow to flag LLC packets so that the receiving callback can
> use that to strip FCS manually or not. On the other hand, normal
> descriptors do not support that.
> 
> Thus in order to not truncate LLC packet ACS should be disabled when
> using normal DMA descriptors.
> 
> Fixes: 47dd7a540b8a0 ("net: add support for STMicroelectronics Ethernet controllers.")
> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Remi Pommarel <repk@triplefau.lt>

Please don't CC: stable for networking fixes as per the netdev FAQ.

Applied and queued up for -stable, thank you.

      reply	other threads:[~2020-03-09  4:29 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-03-08  9:25 [PATCH v2] net: stmmac: dwmac1000: Disable ACS if enhanced descs are not used Remi Pommarel
2020-03-09  4:29 ` David Miller [this message]

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