target/linux/rb532-2.6/patches/240-via_rhine_performance.patch

   1 diff -ur linux.old/drivers/net/via-rhine.c linux.dev/drivers/net/via-rhine.c
   2 --- linux.old/drivers/net/via-rhine.c   2006-11-29 22:57:37.000000000 +0100
   3 +++ linux.dev/drivers/net/via-rhine.c   2006-12-14 03:39:01.000000000 +0100
   4 @@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
   5  #define DRV_VERSION    "1.4.3"
   6  #define DRV_RELDATE    "2007-03-06"
   7
   8 +#define PKT_ALIGN 1
   9
  10  /* A few user-configurable values.
  11     These may be modified when a driver module is loaded. */
  12 @@ -40,9 +41,11 @@
  13  static int debug = 1;  /* 1 normal messages, 0 quiet .. 7 verbose. */
  14  static int max_interrupt_work = 20;
  15
  16 +#ifndef PKT_ALIGN
  17  /* Set the copy breakpoint for the copy-only-tiny-frames scheme.
  18     Setting to > 1518 effectively disables this feature. */
  19  static int rx_copybreak;
  20 +#endif
  21
  22  /* Work-around for broken BIOSes: they are unable to get the chip back out of
  23     power state D3 so PXE booting fails. bootparam(7): via-rhine.avoid_D3=1 */
  24 @@ -105,6 +108,7 @@
  25  #include <asm/io.h>
  26  #include <asm/irq.h>
  27  #include <asm/uaccess.h>
  28 +#include <asm/unaligned.h>
  29  #include <linux/dmi.h>
  30
  31  /* These identify the driver base version and may not be removed. */
  32 @@ -124,12 +128,14 @@
  33
  34  module_param(max_interrupt_work, int, 0);
  35  module_param(debug, int, 0);
  36 -module_param(rx_copybreak, int, 0);
  37  module_param(avoid_D3, bool, 0);
  38  MODULE_PARM_DESC(max_interrupt_work, "VIA Rhine maximum events handled per interrupt");
  39  MODULE_PARM_DESC(debug, "VIA Rhine debug level (0-7)");
  40 -MODULE_PARM_DESC(rx_copybreak, "VIA Rhine copy breakpoint for copy-only-tiny-frames");
  41  MODULE_PARM_DESC(avoid_D3, "Avoid power state D3 (work-around for broken BIOSes)");
  42 +#ifndef PKT_ALIGN
  43 +module_param(rx_copybreak, int, 0);
  44 +MODULE_PARM_DESC(rx_copybreak, "VIA Rhine copy breakpoint for copy-only-tiny-frames");
  45 +#endif
  46
  47  /*
  48                 Theory of Operation
  49 @@ -924,7 +930,7 @@
  50
  51         /* Fill in the Rx buffers.  Handle allocation failure gracefully. */
  52         for (i = 0; i < RX_RING_SIZE; i++) {
  53 -               struct sk_buff *skb = dev_alloc_skb(rp->rx_buf_sz);
  54 +               struct sk_buff *skb = dev_alloc_skb(rp->rx_buf_sz + 4);
  55                 rp->rx_skbuff[i] = skb;
  56                 if (skb == NULL)
  57                         break;
  58 @@ -1482,6 +1488,9 @@
  59                         /* Length should omit the CRC */
  60                         int pkt_len = data_size - 4;
  61
  62 +#ifdef PKT_ALIGN
  63 +                       int i;
  64 +#else
  65                         /* Check if the packet is long enough to accept without
  66                            copying to a minimally-sized skbuff. */
  67                         if (pkt_len < rx_copybreak &&
  68 @@ -1501,7 +1510,9 @@
  69                                                                rp->rx_skbuff_dma[entry],
  70                                                                rp->rx_buf_sz,
  71                                                                PCI_DMA_FROMDEVICE);
  72 -                       } else {
  73 +                       } else
  74 +#endif
  75 +                       {
  76                                 skb = rp->rx_skbuff[entry];
  77                                 if (skb == NULL) {
  78                                         printk(KERN_ERR "%s: Inconsistent Rx "
  79 @@ -1515,6 +1526,14 @@
  80                                                  rp->rx_skbuff_dma[entry],
  81                                                  rp->rx_buf_sz,
  82                                                  PCI_DMA_FROMDEVICE);
  83 +#ifdef PKT_ALIGN
  84 +                               /* align the data to the ip header - should be faster than copying the entire packet */
  85 +                               for (i = pkt_len - (pkt_len % 4); i >= 0; i -= 4) {
  86 +                                       put_unaligned(*((u32 *) (skb->data + i)), (u32 *) (skb->data + i + 2));
  87 +                               }
  88 +                               skb->data += 2;
  89 +                               skb->tail += 2;
  90 +#endif
  91                         }
  92                         skb->protocol = eth_type_trans(skb, dev);
  93  #ifdef CONFIG_VIA_RHINE_NAPI
  94