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authorGiuseppe Cavallaro <peppe.cavallaro@st.com>2010-11-12 12:43:34 -0800
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2010-11-12 12:43:34 -0800
commitf5539b5bfa2e00f2a6fd35731db66142a2f327c0 (patch)
treea0990b9ba08f0868b02998fc6094e3aadb98a73d /Documentation/networking
parentc753796769e4fb0cd813b6e5801b3c01f4681d4f (diff)
stmmac: update the driver documentation
Signed-off-by: Giuseppe Cavallaro <peppe.cavallaro@st.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/networking')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/networking/stmmac.txt48
1 files changed, 37 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/stmmac.txt b/Documentation/networking/stmmac.txt
index 7ee770b5ef5..80a7a345490 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.