[U-Boot] [PATCH] net: Add ag7xxx driver for Atheros MIPS

Marek Vasut marex at denx.de
Mon May 9 00:09:46 CEST 2016


On 05/08/2016 11:25 PM, Amit Tomer wrote:
> Hello!

Hi!

>> +
>> +#define CONFIG_TX_DESCR_NUM    8
>> +#define CONFIG_RX_DESCR_NUM    8
>> +#define CONFIG_ETH_BUFSIZE     2048
> 
>  Isn't it too BIG size for normal ethernet frame, unless we need Jumbo Frame ?

It is the next larger power of two from the 1536B ethernet frame, which
has the benefit:
 - The buffers are aligned to half the page size (on this machine)
 - There is enough space of oversized packets (due to tags etc)
Jumbo frames are 9k, they are not supported by u-boot and won't fit anyway.

Given the size of DRAM on MIPS machines with this SoC, microoptimizing
here seems pointless to me.

> Thanks,
> Amit.
> 


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Best regards,
Marek Vasut


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