On 8/17/21 2:24 PM, Biju Das wrote: [...] >>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>> On Mon, Aug 2, 2021 at 12:27 PM Biju Das >>>>> <biju.das.jz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >>>>> wrote: >>>>>> The DMAC and EMAC blocks of Gigabit Ethernet IP found on RZ/G2L >>>>>> SoC are similar to the R-Car Ethernet AVB IP. With a few changes >>>>>> in the driver we can support both IPs. >>>>>> >>>>>> Currently a runtime decision based on the chip type is used to >>>>>> distinguish the HW differences between the SoC families. >>>>>> >>>>>> The number of TX descriptors for R-Car Gen3 is 1 whereas on >>>>>> R-Car >>>>>> Gen2 and RZ/G2L it is 2. For cases like this it is better to >>>>>> select the number of TX descriptors by using a structure with a >>>>>> value, rather than a runtime decision based on the chip type. >>>>>> >>>>>> This patch adds the num_tx_desc variable to struct ravb_hw_info >>>>>> and also replaces the driver data chip type with struct >>>>>> ravb_hw_info by moving chip type to it. >>>>>> >>>>>> Signed-off-by: Biju Das <biju.das.jz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >>>>>> Reviewed-by: Lad Prabhakar >>>>>> <prabhakar.mahadev-lad.rj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >>>>> >>>>> Thanks for your patch! >>>>> >>>>>> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/ravb.h >>>>>> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/ravb.h >>>>>> @@ -988,6 +988,11 @@ enum ravb_chip_id { >>>>>> RCAR_GEN3, >>>>>> }; >>>>>> >>>>>> +struct ravb_hw_info { >>>>>> + enum ravb_chip_id chip_id; >>>>>> + int num_tx_desc; >>>>> >>>>> Why not "unsigned int"? ... >>>>> This comment applies to a few more subsequent patches. >>>> >>>> To avoid signed and unsigned comparison warnings. >>>> >>>>> >>>>>> +}; >>>>>> + >>>>>> struct ravb_private { >>>>>> struct net_device *ndev; >>>>>> struct platform_device *pdev; @@ -1040,6 +1045,8 @@ >>>>>> struct ravb_private { >>>>>> unsigned txcidm:1; /* TX Clock Internal Delay >>> Mode >>>>> */ >>>>>> unsigned rgmii_override:1; /* Deprecated rgmii-*id >>> behavior >>>>> */ >>>>>> int num_tx_desc; /* TX descriptors per >> packet >>> */ >>>>> >>>>> ... oh, here's the original culprit. >>>> >>>> Exactly, this the reason. >>>> >>>> Do you want me to change this into unsigned int? Please let me know. >>> >>> Up to you (or the maintainer? ;-) >>> >>> For new fields (in the other patches), I would use unsigned for all >>> unsigned values. Signed values have more pitfalls related to >>> undefined behavior. >> >> Sergei, What is your thoughts here? Please let me know. > > Here is my plan. > > I will split this patch into two as Andrew suggested and If you mran changing the ravb_private::num_tx_desc to *unsigned*, it'll be a good cleanup. What's would be the 2nd part tho? > Then on the second patch will add as info->unaligned_tx as Sergei suggested. OK. > Now the only open point is related to the data type of "int num_tx_desc" > and to align with sh_eth driver I will keep int. The sh_eth driver simply doesn't have this -- it always use 1 descriptor. > Regards, > Biju MBR, Sergey