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authorLinas Vepstas <linas@austin.ibm.com>2007-02-05 16:29:43 -0800
committerJeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>2007-02-07 18:48:56 -0500
commitd9a9720eab7437aa7f34dcbb92bb4bc8cc36bba9 (patch)
tree868fe3a6310f3fdb34328c887d006e9f406d671e /drivers/net
parentb7e36bfa9ffa2f6097b622ba07a95d823db553e4 (diff)
Spidernet: Rework RX linked list
Make the hardware perceive the RX descriptor ring as a null-terminated linked list, instead of a circular ring. Signed-off-by: Linas Vepstas <linas@austin.ibm.com> Cc: James K Lewis <jklewis@us.ibm.com> Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/net')
-rw-r--r--drivers/net/spider_net.c12
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/spider_net.c b/drivers/net/spider_net.c
index d73018b5cfc..bf6ff39e02b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/spider_net.c
+++ b/drivers/net/spider_net.c
@@ -419,9 +419,13 @@ spider_net_prepare_rx_descr(struct spider_net_card *card,
card->spider_stats.rx_iommu_map_error++;
descr->dmac_cmd_status = SPIDER_NET_DESCR_NOT_IN_USE;
} else {
+ descr->next_descr_addr = 0;
wmb();
descr->dmac_cmd_status = SPIDER_NET_DESCR_CARDOWNED |
SPIDER_NET_DMAC_NOINTR_COMPLETE;
+
+ wmb();
+ descr->prev->next_descr_addr = descr->bus_addr;
}
return 0;
@@ -1650,7 +1654,6 @@ int
spider_net_open(struct net_device *netdev)
{
struct spider_net_card *card = netdev_priv(netdev);
- struct spider_net_descr *descr;
int result;
result = spider_net_init_chain(card, &card->tx_chain);
@@ -1662,13 +1665,6 @@ spider_net_open(struct net_device *netdev)
if (result)
goto alloc_rx_failed;
- /* Make a ring of of bus addresses */
- descr = card->rx_chain.ring;
- do {
- descr->next_descr_addr = descr->next->bus_addr;
- descr = descr->next;
- } while (descr != card->rx_chain.ring);
-
/* Allocate rx skbs */
if (spider_net_alloc_rx_skbs(card))
goto alloc_skbs_failed;