[PATCH] S2io: two buffer mode
Attached is the patch for implementing 2-buffer mode on Rx path. On certain systems when a DMA has to happen on an un-aligned memory location performance will take a significant hit. It's standard practice to offset the Rx buffer address by 2 (as Mac header is 14 bytes) so the IP header starts from an aligned location. Obviously using a single Rx buffer both cannot be achieved. Thus XFrame supports something called 2 buffer Rx mode, where in the Rx'ed frame is split into 2 parts, one is the Ethernet header and the other is the Ethernet payload. So now we can allocate proper aligned memory for both buffers, hence the DMA is not slowed down. Also, the Ethernet payload(starting from L3 header) is on an aligned location so OS need not have to do un-aligned accesses to process IP header. To achieve this, the kernel function eth_type_trans functionality has to be partially implemented in the driver itself. Signed-off-by: Raghavendra Koushik <raghavendra.koushik@s2io.com> Signed-off-by: Ravinandan Arakali <ravinandan.arakali@s2io.com> Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>
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