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Date:      Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:44:23 +0000 (UTC)
From:      Pyun YongHyeon <yongari@FreeBSD.org>
To:        cvs-src-old@freebsd.org
Subject:   cvs commit: src/sys/dev/vge if_vge.c if_vgereg.h if_vgevar.h
Message-ID:  <200912141844.nBEIicQ9040341@repoman.freebsd.org>

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yongari     2009-12-14 18:44:23 UTC

  FreeBSD src repository

  Modified files:
    sys/dev/vge          if_vge.c if_vgereg.h if_vgevar.h 
  Log:
  SVN rev 200525 on 2009-12-14 18:44:23Z by yongari
  
  Overhaul bus_dma(9) usage and fix various things.
   o Separate TX/RX buffer DMA tag from TX/RX descriptor ring DMA tag.
   o Separate RX buffer DMA tag from common buffer DMA tag. RX DMA
     tag has different restriction compared to TX DMA tag.
   o Add 40bit DMA address support.
   o Adjust TX/RX descriptor ring alignment to 64 bytes from 256
     bytes as documented in datasheet.
   o Added check to ensure TX/RX ring reside within a 4GB boundary.
     Since TX/RX ring shares the same high address register they
     should have the same high address.
   o TX/RX side bus_dmamap_load_mbuf_sg(9) support.
   o Add lock assertion to vge_setmulti().
   o Add RX spare DMA map to recover from DMA map load failure.
   o Add optimized RX buffer handler, vge_discard_rxbuf which is
     activated when vge(4) sees bad frames.
   o Don't blindly update VGE_RXDESC_RESIDUECNT register. Datasheet
     says the register should be updated only when number of
     available RX descriptors are multiple of 4.
   o Use __NO_STRICT_ALIGNMENT instead of defining VGE_FIXUP_RX which
     is only set for i386 architecture. Previously vge(4) also
     performed expensive copy operation to align IP header on amd64.
     This change should give RX performance boost on amd64
     architecture.
   o Don't reinitialize controller if driver is already running. This
     should reduce number of link state flipping.
   o Since vge(4) drops a driver lock before passing received frame
     to upper layer, make sure vge(4) is still running after
     re-acquiring driver lock.
   o Add second argument count to vge_rxeof(). The argument will
     limit number of packets could be processed in RX handler.
   o Rearrange vge_rxeof() not to allocate RX buffer if received
     frame was bad packet.
   o Removed if_printf that prints DMA map failure. This type of
     message shouldn't be used in fast path of driver.
   o Reduce number of allowed TX buffer fragments to 6 from 7. A TX
     descriptor allows 7 fragments of a frame. However the CMZ field
     of descriptor has just 3bits and the controller wants to see
     fragment + 1 in the field. So if we have 7 fragments the field
     value would be 0 which seems to cause unexpected results under
     certain conditions. This change should fix occasional TX hang
     observed on vge(4).
   o Simplify vge_stat_locked() and add number of available TX
     descriptor check.
   o vge(4) controllers lack padding short frames. Make sure to fill
     zero for the padded bytes. This closes unintended information
     disclosure.
   o Don't set VGE_TDCTL_JUMBO flag. Datasheet is not clear whether
     this bit should be set by driver or write-back status bit after
     transmission. At least vendor's driver does not set this bit so
     remove it. Without this bit vge(4) still can send jumbo frames.
   o Don't start driver when vge(4) know there are not enough RX
     buffers.
   o Remove volatile keyword in RX descriptor structure. This should
     be handled by bus_dma(9).
   o Collapse two 16bits member of TX/RX descriptor into single 32bits
     member.
   o Reduce number of RX descriptors to 252 from 256. The
     VGE_RXDESCNUM is 16bits register but only lower 8bits are valid.
     So the maximum number of RX descriptors would be 255. However
     the number of should be multiple of 4 as controller wants to
     update 4 RX descriptors at a time. This limits the maximum
     number of RX descriptor to be 252.
  
  Tested by:      Dewayne Geraghty (dewayne.geraghty <> heuristicsystems dot com dot au)
                  Carey Jones (m.carey.jones <> gmail dot com)
                  Yoshiaki Kasahara (kasahara <> nc dor kyushu-u dot ac dotjp)
  
  Revision  Changes    Path
  1.46      +768 -647  src/sys/dev/vge/if_vge.c
  1.3       +7 -9      src/sys/dev/vge/if_vgereg.h
  1.8       +75 -46    src/sys/dev/vge/if_vgevar.h



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