Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 4 Mar 2018 10:25:18 +0100 | From | Thomas Petazzoni <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH net-next 3/5] net: mvpp2: use a data size of 10kB for Tx FIFO on port 0 |
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Hello,
On Sun, 4 Mar 2018 06:29:59 +0000, Stefan Chulski wrote:
> > Is there a reason to hardcode 10KB for port 0, and 3KB for the other ports ? > > Would there be use cases where the user may want different configurations > > ? > > Design requirement are 10KB TX FIFO for the 10Gb/sec and 2.5KB for the 2.5Gb/sec.
What is a "design requirement" ? Is it a HW design limitation ?
> Since only port 0 support 10Gb/sec and ports 1&2 support up to 2.5Gb/sec. > I don't see any reason to change this configurations. > Also TX FIFO size could be set only during probe. > > > It's just that it feels very "hardcoded" to enforce specifically those numbers. > > > > Also, does it make sense to mention the CP110 here ? Is this 19 KB limitation > > a limit of the PPv2.2 IP, or of the CP110 ? > > PPv2.2 IP is part of 110 communication processor.
Thanks, I know this :-)
> Next communication processor will has different Packet processor or next generation of PPv2.x > Limit is PPv2.2 TX FIFO.
So, the limitation has nothing to do with CP110 really, it's just a limitation of PPv2.2, and mentioning CP110 in the comment doesn't make much sense, correct ?
Best regards,
Thomas -- Thomas Petazzoni, CTO, Bootlin (formerly Free Electrons) Embedded Linux and Kernel engineering http://bootlin.com
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