From fa3ce355c1bf1a83b843420228202fd6f8023ad3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Narender Kumar Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2009 19:23:28 +0000 Subject: netxen: bridged mode optimizations When the interface is put in bridged mode, destination mac addresses are unknown to firmware. So packets take a slow path (lower priority) in firmware reducing performance. Firmware can cache limited number of remote unicast mac addresses for certain interval, if "dynamic mac learning" mode is enabled. Driver needs to enable this "mac learning" mode in firmware. Currently this is done through net device class sysfs entry, possibly this can also be done upon netlink notifications to from bridge. Signed-off-by: Narender Kumar Signed-off-by: Dhananjay Phadke Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- drivers/net/netxen/netxen_nic_hw.c | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 31 insertions(+) (limited to 'drivers/net/netxen/netxen_nic_hw.c') diff --git a/drivers/net/netxen/netxen_nic_hw.c b/drivers/net/netxen/netxen_nic_hw.c index 1a8ad62e12ee..db510cee8094 100644 --- a/drivers/net/netxen/netxen_nic_hw.c +++ b/drivers/net/netxen/netxen_nic_hw.c @@ -794,6 +794,37 @@ int netxen_config_hw_lro(struct netxen_adapter *adapter, int enable) return rv; } +int netxen_config_bridged_mode(struct netxen_adapter *adapter, int enable) +{ + nx_nic_req_t req; + u64 word; + int rv = 0; + + if (!!(adapter->flags & NETXEN_NIC_BRIDGE_ENABLED) == enable) + return rv; + + memset(&req, 0, sizeof(nx_nic_req_t)); + + req.qhdr = cpu_to_le64(NX_HOST_REQUEST << 23); + + word = NX_NIC_H2C_OPCODE_CONFIG_BRIDGING | + ((u64)adapter->portnum << 16); + req.req_hdr = cpu_to_le64(word); + + req.words[0] = cpu_to_le64(enable); + + rv = netxen_send_cmd_descs(adapter, (struct cmd_desc_type0 *)&req, 1); + if (rv != 0) { + printk(KERN_ERR "ERROR. Could not send " + "configure bridge mode request\n"); + } + + adapter->flags ^= NETXEN_NIC_BRIDGE_ENABLED; + + return rv; +} + + #define RSS_HASHTYPE_IP_TCP 0x3 int netxen_config_rss(struct netxen_adapter *adapter, int enable) -- cgit v1.2.3-59-g8ed1b