11 Oct, 2007

1 commit

  • Several devices have multiple independant RX queues per net
    device, and some have a single interrupt doorbell for several
    queues.

    In either case, it's easier to support layouts like that if the
    structure representing the poll is independant from the net
    device itself.

    The signature of the ->poll() call back goes from:

    int foo_poll(struct net_device *dev, int *budget)

    to

    int foo_poll(struct napi_struct *napi, int budget)

    The caller is returned the number of RX packets processed (or
    the number of "NAPI credits" consumed if you want to get
    abstract). The callee no longer messes around bumping
    dev->quota, *budget, etc. because that is all handled in the
    caller upon return.

    The napi_struct is to be embedded in the device driver private data
    structures.

    Furthermore, it is the driver's responsibility to disable all NAPI
    instances in it's ->stop() device close handler. Since the
    napi_struct is privatized into the driver's private data structures,
    only the driver knows how to get at all of the napi_struct instances
    it may have per-device.

    With lots of help and suggestions from Rusty Russell, Roland Dreier,
    Michael Chan, Jeff Garzik, and Jamal Hadi Salim.

    Bug fixes from Thomas Graf, Roland Dreier, Peter Zijlstra,
    Joseph Fannin, Scott Wood, Hans J. Koch, and Michael Chan.

    [ Ported to current tree and all drivers converted. Integrated
    Stephen's follow-on kerneldoc additions, and restored poll_list
    handling to the old style to fix mutual exclusion issues. -DaveM ]

    Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger
    Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

    Stephen Hemminger
     

17 Jul, 2007

1 commit


08 Feb, 2007

1 commit

  • The Atmel MACB Ethernet peripheral is also integrated in the AT91SAM9260
    and AT91SAM9263 processors. The differences from the AVR32 version are:
    * Single peripheral clock.
    * MII/RMII selection bit is inverted.
    * Clock enable bit.

    Original patch from Patrice Vilchez.

    Signed-off-by: Andrew Victor
    Signed-off-by: Haavard Skinnemoen
    Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik

    Andrew Victor
     

11 Dec, 2006

2 commits


02 Dec, 2006

1 commit

  • Driver for the Atmel MACB on-chip ethernet module.

    Tested on AVR32/AT32AP7000/ATSTK1000. I've heard rumours that it works
    with AT91SAM9260 as well, and it may be possible to share some code with
    the at91_ether driver for AT91RM9200.

    Hardware documentation can be found in the AT32AP7000 data sheet,
    which can be downloaded from

    http://www.atmel.com/dyn/products/datasheets.asp?family_id=682

    Changes since previous version:
    * Probe for PHY ID instead of depending on it being provided through
    platform_data.
    * Grab initial ethernet address from the MACB registers instead
    of depending on platform_data.
    * Set MII/RMII mode correctly.

    These changes are mostly about making the driver more compatible with
    the at91 infrastructure.

    Signed-off-by: Haavard Skinnemoen
    Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik

    Haavard Skinnemoen