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Date:      Tue, 12 May 2009 22:42:13 +0400
From:      Stanislav Sedov <stas@FreeBSD.org>
To:        John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org>
Cc:        Stanislav Sedov <stas@freebsd.org>, svn-src-head@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r192018 - head/sys/arm/at91
Message-ID:  <20090512224213.f80f2fd3.stas@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <200905121217.06048.jhb@freebsd.org>
References:  <200905121607.n4CG78wX026915@svn.freebsd.org> <200905121217.06048.jhb@freebsd.org>

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On Tue, 12 May 2009 12:17:05 -0400
John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> mentioned:

> On Tuesday 12 May 2009 12:07:08 pm Stanislav Sedov wrote:
> > Author: stas
> > Date: Tue May 12 16:07:08 2009
> > New Revision: 192018
> > URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/192018
> > 
> > Log:
> >   - Implement detach path.
> >   - Release memory and DMA resources on stop.
> >   - Unload the associated DMA maps after transmit is complete.
> 
> Most NIC drivers that I am familiar with do not destroy DMA resources (tags 
> and maps) during stop() and then create them during if_init().  Instead, they 
> create those during attach() and detach().  They do tend to populate the RX 
> ring with buffers during if_init() and free all of the mbus during stop() 
> though.
> 

Well, probably my commit message was slightly wrong. I do not destroy DMA maps
and tags in the stop routine, instead I free all allocated mbufs and unload
DMA maps associated with them.

-- 
Stanislav Sedov
ST4096-RIPE

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