Re: [PATCH] cpsw: Fix interrupt storm among other things

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>>>>> "Pantelis" == Pantelis Antoniou <panto@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

'among other things' is not a very descriptive commit message.

 Pantelis> Fix interrupt storm on bone A4 cause by non-by-the-book
 Pantelis> interrupt handling.  While at it, added a non-NAPI mode
 Pantelis> (which is easier to debug), plus some general fixes.

'bone A4' is also not very descriptive. There also was an A4 revision of
the "old" beaglebone. I guess you're instead referring to a new die
revision?

What is the impact of this change on earlier devices?

 Pantelis> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/cpsw.txt
 Pantelis> @@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ Required properties:
 Pantelis>  - cpts_clock_shift	: Denominator to convert input clock ticks into nanoseconds
 Pantelis>  - phy_id		: Specifies slave phy id
 Pantelis>  - mac-address		: Specifies slave MAC address
 Pantelis> +- disable-napi		: Disables driver NAPI

napi is not a hardware feature, so it doesn't belong here (if anything,
it should be linux,disable-napi).

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Bye, Peter Korsgaard
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