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-rw-r--r--Documentation/networking/dccp.txt20
-rw-r--r--Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt24
-rw-r--r--Documentation/networking/stmmac.txt48
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diff --git a/Documentation/networking/LICENSE.qlcnic b/Documentation/networking/LICENSE.qlcnic
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@@ -0,0 +1,327 @@
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diff --git a/Documentation/networking/dccp.txt b/Documentation/networking/dccp.txt
index 271d524..b395ca6 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/dccp.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/dccp.txt
@@ -47,6 +47,26 @@ http://linux-net.osdl.org/index.php/DCCP_Testing#Experimental_DCCP_source_tree
Socket options
==============
+DCCP_SOCKOPT_QPOLICY_ID sets the dequeuing policy for outgoing packets. It takes
+a policy ID as argument and can only be set before the connection (i.e. changes
+during an established connection are not supported). Currently, two policies are
+defined: the "simple" policy (DCCPQ_POLICY_SIMPLE), which does nothing special,
+and a priority-based variant (DCCPQ_POLICY_PRIO). The latter allows to pass an
+u32 priority value as ancillary data to sendmsg(), where higher numbers indicate
+a higher packet priority (similar to SO_PRIORITY). This ancillary data needs to
+be formatted using a cmsg(3) message header filled in as follows:
+ cmsg->cmsg_level = SOL_DCCP;
+ cmsg->cmsg_type = DCCP_SCM_PRIORITY;
+ cmsg->cmsg_len = CMSG_LEN(sizeof(uint32_t)); /* or CMSG_LEN(4) */
+
+DCCP_SOCKOPT_QPOLICY_TXQLEN sets the maximum length of the output queue. A zero
+value is always interpreted as unbounded queue length. If different from zero,
+the interpretation of this parameter depends on the current dequeuing policy
+(see above): the "simple" policy will enforce a fixed queue size by returning
+EAGAIN, whereas the "prio" policy enforces a fixed queue length by dropping the
+lowest-priority packet first. The default value for this parameter is
+initialised from /proc/sys/net/dccp/default/tx_qlen.
+
DCCP_SOCKOPT_SERVICE sets the service. The specification mandates use of
service codes (RFC 4340, sec. 8.1.2); if this socket option is not set,
the socket will fall back to 0 (which means that no meaningful service code
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
index 3c5e465..2193a5d 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
@@ -708,10 +708,28 @@ igmp_max_memberships - INTEGER
Change the maximum number of multicast groups we can subscribe to.
Default: 20
-conf/interface/* changes special settings per interface (where "interface" is
- the name of your network interface)
-conf/all/* is special, changes the settings for all interfaces
+ Theoretical maximum value is bounded by having to send a membership
+ report in a single datagram (i.e. the report can't span multiple
+ datagrams, or risk confusing the switch and leaving groups you don't
+ intend to).
+ The number of supported groups 'M' is bounded by the number of group
+ report entries you can fit into a single datagram of 65535 bytes.
+
+ M = 65536-sizeof (ip header)/(sizeof(Group record))
+
+ Group records are variable length, with a minimum of 12 bytes.
+ So net.ipv4.igmp_max_memberships should not be set higher than:
+
+ (65536-24) / 12 = 5459
+
+ The value 5459 assumes no IP header options, so in practice
+ this number may be lower.
+
+ conf/interface/* changes special settings per interface (where
+ "interface" is the name of your network interface)
+
+ conf/all/* is special, changes the settings for all interfaces
log_martians - BOOLEAN
Log packets with impossible addresses to kernel log.
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/stmmac.txt b/Documentation/networking/stmmac.txt
index 7ee770b..80a7a34 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/stmmac.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/stmmac.txt
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ This is the driver for the MAC 10/100/1000 on-chip Ethernet controllers
(Synopsys IP blocks); it has been fully tested on STLinux platforms.
Currently this network device driver is for all STM embedded MAC/GMAC
-(7xxx SoCs).
+(7xxx SoCs). Other platforms start using it i.e. ARM SPEAr.
DWC Ether MAC 10/100/1000 Universal version 3.41a and DWC Ether MAC 10/100
Universal version 4.0 have been used for developing the first code
@@ -95,9 +95,14 @@ Several information came from the platform; please refer to the
driver's Header file in include/linux directory.
struct plat_stmmacenet_data {
- int bus_id;
- int pbl;
- int has_gmac;
+ int bus_id;
+ int pbl;
+ int clk_csr;
+ int has_gmac;
+ int enh_desc;
+ int tx_coe;
+ int bugged_jumbo;
+ int pmt;
void (*fix_mac_speed)(void *priv, unsigned int speed);
void (*bus_setup)(unsigned long ioaddr);
#ifdef CONFIG_STM_DRIVERS
@@ -114,6 +119,12 @@ Where:
registers (on STM platforms);
- has_gmac: GMAC core is on board (get it at run-time in the next step);
- bus_id: bus identifier.
+- tx_coe: core is able to perform the tx csum in HW.
+- enh_desc: if sets the MAC will use the enhanced descriptor structure.
+- clk_csr: CSR Clock range selection.
+- bugged_jumbo: some HWs are not able to perform the csum in HW for
+ over-sized frames due to limited buffer sizes. Setting this
+ flag the csum will be done in SW on JUMBO frames.
struct plat_stmmacphy_data {
int bus_id;
@@ -131,13 +142,28 @@ Where:
- interface: physical MII interface mode;
- phy_reset: hook to reset HW function.
+SOURCES:
+- Kconfig
+- Makefile
+- stmmac_main.c: main network device driver;
+- stmmac_mdio.c: mdio functions;
+- stmmac_ethtool.c: ethtool support;
+- stmmac_timer.[ch]: timer code used for mitigating the driver dma interrupts
+ Only tested on ST40 platforms based.
+- stmmac.h: private driver structure;
+- common.h: common definitions and VFTs;
+- descs.h: descriptor structure definitions;
+- dwmac1000_core.c: GMAC core functions;
+- dwmac1000_dma.c: dma functions for the GMAC chip;
+- dwmac1000.h: specific header file for the GMAC;
+- dwmac100_core: MAC 100 core and dma code;
+- dwmac100_dma.c: dma funtions for the MAC chip;
+- dwmac1000.h: specific header file for the MAC;
+- dwmac_lib.c: generic DMA functions shared among chips
+- enh_desc.c: functions for handling enhanced descriptors
+- norm_desc.c: functions for handling normal descriptors
+
TODO:
-- Continue to make the driver more generic and suitable for other Synopsys
- Ethernet controllers used on other architectures (i.e. ARM).
-- 10G controllers are not supported.
-- MAC uses Normal descriptors and GMAC uses enhanced ones.
- This is a limit that should be reviewed. MAC could want to
- use the enhanced structure.
-- Checksumming: Rx/Tx csum is done in HW in case of GMAC only.
+- XGMAC controller is not supported.
- Review the timer optimisation code to use an embedded device that seems to be
available in new chip generations.