[openib-general] [PATCH v3 1/7] AMSO1100 Low Level Driver.

Arjan van de Ven arjan at infradead.org
Fri Jun 23 06:48:52 PDT 2006


> > > +	/* Tell HW to xmit */
> > > +	__raw_writeq(cpu_to_be64(mapaddr), elem->hw_desc + C2_TXP_ADDR);
> > > +	__raw_writew(cpu_to_be16(maplen), elem->hw_desc + C2_TXP_LEN);
> > > +	__raw_writew(cpu_to_be16(TXP_HTXD_READY), elem->hw_desc + C2_TXP_FLAGS);
> > 
> > or here
> > 
> 
> No need here.  This logic submits the packet for transmission.  We don't
> assume it is transmitted until we (after a completion interrupt usually)
> read back the HTXD entry and see the TXP_HTXD_DONE bit set (see
> c2_tx_interrupt()). 

... but will that interrupt happen at all if these 3 writes never hit
the hardware?






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