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* [PATCH net-next v2 0/6] bcm63xx_enet: major makeover of driver
@ 2020-12-24 14:24 Sieng Piaw Liew
  2020-12-24 14:24 ` [PATCH net-next v2 1/6] bcm63xx_enet: batch process rx path Sieng Piaw Liew
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  0 siblings, 7 replies; 15+ messages in thread
From: Sieng Piaw Liew @ 2020-12-24 14:24 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Florian Fainelli
  Cc: bcm-kernel-feedback-list, Sieng Piaw Liew, netdev,
	linux-arm-kernel, linux-kernel

This patch series aim to improve the bcm63xx_enet driver by integrating the
latest networking features, i.e. batched rx processing, BQL, build_skb, etc.

The newer enetsw SoCs are found to be able to do unaligned rx DMA by adding
NET_IP_ALIGN padding which, combined with these patches, improved packet
processing performance by ~50% on BCM6328.

Older non-enetsw SoCs still benefit mainly from rx batching. Performance
improvement of ~30% is observed on BCM6333.

The BCM63xx SoCs are designed for routers. As such, having BQL is beneficial
as well as trivial to add.

v2:
* Add xmit_more support and rx loop improvisation patches.
* Moved BQL netdev_reset_queue() to bcm_enet_stop()/bcm_enetsw_stop()
  functions as suggested by Florian Fainelli.
* Improved commit messages.

Sieng Piaw Liew (6):
  bcm63xx_enet: batch process rx path
  bcm63xx_enet: add BQL support
  bcm63xx_enet: add xmit_more support
  bcm63xx_enet: alloc rx skb with NET_IP_ALIGN
  bcm63xx_enet: convert to build_skb
  bcm63xx_enet: improve rx loop

 drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bcm63xx_enet.c | 184 ++++++++++---------
 drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bcm63xx_enet.h |  14 +-
 2 files changed, 103 insertions(+), 95 deletions(-)

-- 
2.17.1


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2020-12-24 14:24 ` [PATCH net-next v2 1/6] bcm63xx_enet: batch process rx path Sieng Piaw Liew
2020-12-29  3:11   ` Florian Fainelli
2020-12-24 14:24 ` [PATCH net-next v2 2/6] bcm63xx_enet: add BQL support Sieng Piaw Liew
2020-12-29  3:12   ` Florian Fainelli
2020-12-24 14:24 ` [PATCH net-next v2 3/6] bcm63xx_enet: add xmit_more support Sieng Piaw Liew
2020-12-28 20:40   ` Jakub Kicinski
2020-12-29  3:13   ` Florian Fainelli
2020-12-24 14:24 ` [PATCH net-next v2 4/6] bcm63xx_enet: alloc rx skb with NET_IP_ALIGN Sieng Piaw Liew
2020-12-29  3:14   ` Florian Fainelli
2020-12-24 14:24 ` [PATCH net-next v2 5/6] bcm63xx_enet: convert to build_skb Sieng Piaw Liew
2020-12-29  3:24   ` Florian Fainelli
2020-12-24 14:24 ` [PATCH net-next v2 6/6] bcm63xx_enet: improve rx loop Sieng Piaw Liew
2020-12-29  3:17   ` Florian Fainelli
2020-12-28 20:39 ` [PATCH net-next v2 0/6] bcm63xx_enet: major makeover of driver Jakub Kicinski

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