This patch makes the receive performance on some systems go from
714MB/s to 941MB/s. It adjusts the watermark of the receive queue
to be lower, thereby avoiding excess hardware flow control. This is
most important on the systems which have little/no additional buffering.
Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
---
drivers/net/sky2.c | 11 ++++++++---
drivers/net/sky2.h | 1 +
2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
--- sky2.orig/drivers/net/sky2.c 2006-12-04 16:53:22.000000000 -0800
+++ sky2/drivers/net/sky2.c 2006-12-04 17:03:51.000000000 -0800
@@ -1062,11 +1062,16 @@
sky2->rx_put = sky2->rx_next = 0;
sky2_qset(hw, rxq);
+ /* On PCI express lowering the watermark gives better performance */
+ if (pci_find_capability(hw->pdev, PCI_CAP_ID_EXP))
+ sky2_write32(hw, Q_ADDR(rxq, Q_WM), BMU_WM_PEX);
+
+ /* These chips have no ram buffer?
+ * MAC Rx RAM Read is controlled by hardware */
if (hw->chip_id == CHIP_ID_YUKON_EC_U &&
- (hw->chip_rev == CHIP_REV_YU_EC_U_A1 || hw->chip_rev ==
CHIP_REV_YU_EC_U_B0)) {
- /* MAC Rx RAM Read is controlled by hardware */
+ (hw->chip_rev == CHIP_REV_YU_EC_U_A1
+ || hw->chip_rev == CHIP_REV_YU_EC_U_B0))
sky2_write32(hw, Q_ADDR(rxq, Q_F), F_M_RX_RAM_DIS);
- }
sky2_prefetch_init(hw, rxq, sky2->rx_le_map, RX_LE_SIZE - 1);
--- sky2.orig/drivers/net/sky2.h 2006-12-04 16:56:24.000000000 -0800
+++ sky2/drivers/net/sky2.h 2006-12-04 17:01:05.000000000 -0800
@@ -680,6 +680,7 @@
BMU_FIFO_ENA | BMU_OP_ON,
BMU_WM_DEFAULT = 0x600,
+ BMU_WM_PEX = 0x80,
};
/* Tx BMU Control / Status Registers (Yukon-2) */
-
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