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Date:      Fri, 11 Jun 2010 10:44:57 -0700
From:      Marcel Moolenaar <xcllnt@mac.com>
To:        Scott Long <scottl@samsco.org>
Cc:        svn-src-head@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org, John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r209026 - in head/sys/ia64: ia64 include
Message-ID:  <53158C9B-C9E1-4C47-B361-83C76181721A@mac.com>
In-Reply-To: <028BA7D4-90C8-4D2D-B9A5-C1C3CF9B6D7D@samsco.org>
References:  <201006110300.o5B30X9q045387@svn.freebsd.org> <201006110751.40735.jhb@freebsd.org> <853068F6-D736-4DA3-859F-D946D096843D@samsco.org> <19B0DF11-5998-40F5-8095-8D2521B1C597@mac.com> <EE4B5C07-194D-4408-B0A1-BA25BE39468F@samsco.org> <291D17F7-F387-4A13-8ED9-2898A9F7E018@mac.com> <028BA7D4-90C8-4D2D-B9A5-C1C3CF9B6D7D@samsco.org>

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On Jun 11, 2010, at 10:37 AM, Scott Long wrote:
> 
> I'm not clear why you even need bounce buffers for RX.  The chip supports 64bit addresses with no boundary or alignment restrictions.

As per:
        /*
         * All controllers that are not 5755 or higher have 4GB
         * boundary DMA bug.
         * Whenever an address crosses a multiple of the 4GB boundary
         * (including 4GB, 8Gb, 12Gb, etc.) and makes the transition
         * from 0xX_FFFF_FFFF to 0x(X+1)_0000_0000 an internal DMA
         * state machine will lockup and cause the device to hang.
         */
        if (BGE_IS_5755_PLUS(sc) == 0)
                sc->bge_flags |= BGE_FLAG_4G_BNDRY_BUG;

and:
        lowaddr = BUS_SPACE_MAXADDR;
        if ((sc->bge_flags & BGE_FLAG_40BIT_BUG) != 0)
                lowaddr = BGE_DMA_MAXADDR;
        if ((sc->bge_flags & BGE_FLAG_4G_BNDRY_BUG) != 0)
                lowaddr = BUS_SPACE_MAXADDR_32BIT;
        /*
         * Allocate the parent bus DMA tag appropriate for PCI.
         */
        error = bus_dma_tag_create(bus_get_dma_tag(sc->bge_dev),
            1, 0, lowaddr, BUS_SPACE_MAXADDR, NULL,
            NULL, BUS_SPACE_MAXSIZE_32BIT, 0, BUS_SPACE_MAXSIZE_32BIT,
            0, NULL, NULL, &sc->bge_cdata.bge_parent_tag);

-- 
Marcel Moolenaar
xcllnt@mac.com






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