Hi Sergei,
> Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2 8/8] ravb: Add tx_drop_cntrs to struct
> ravb_hw_info
>
> Hello!
>
> On 8/17/21 6:47 PM, Biju Das wrote:
>
> [...]
> >>> The register for retrieving TX drop counters is present only on
> >>> R-Car
> >>> Gen3 and RZ/G2L; it is not present on R-Car Gen2.
> >>>
> >>> Add the tx_drop_cntrs hw feature bit to struct ravb_hw_info, to
> >>> enable this feature specifically for R-Car Gen3 now and later extend
> >>> it to
> >> RZ/G2L.
> >>>
> >>> Signed-off-by: Biju Das <biju.das.jz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >>> Reviewed-by: Lad Prabhakar <prabhakar.mahadev-lad.rj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >>> ---
> >>> v2:
> >>> * Incorporated Andrew and Sergei's review comments for making it
> >> smaller patch
> >>> and provided detailed description.
> >>> ---
> >>> drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/ravb.h | 1 +
> >>> drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/ravb_main.c | 4 +++-
> >>> 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >>>
> >>> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/ravb.h
> >>> b/drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/ravb.h
> >>> index 0d640dbe1eed..35fbb9f60ba8 100644
> >>> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/ravb.h
> >>> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/ravb.h
> >>> @@ -1001,6 +1001,7 @@ struct ravb_hw_info {
> >>>
> >>> /* hardware features */
> >>> unsigned internal_delay:1; /* RAVB has internal delays */
> >>> + unsigned tx_drop_cntrs:1; /* RAVB has TX error counters */
> >>
> >> I suggest 'tx_counters' -- this name comes from the sh_eth driver
> >> for the same regs (but negated meaning). And please don't call the
> >> hardware RAVB. :-)
> >
> > Agreed. Will change it to 'tx_counters' on next version and comment it
> > as
> > /* AVB-DMAC has TX counters */
>
> The counters belong to E-MAC, not AVB-DMAC.
You are correct, it is at offset 0x700 on E-MAC block.
Cheers,
Biju
