[PATCH] net: fs_enet: Implement NETIF_F_SG feature

David Miller davem at davemloft.net
Thu Feb 5 08:13:20 AEDT 2015


From: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy at c-s.fr>
Date: Mon,  2 Feb 2015 18:06:54 +0100 (CET)

> Freescale ethernet controllers have the capability to re-assemble fragmented
> data into a single ethernet frame. This patch uses this capability and
> implements NETIP_F_SG feature into the fs_enet ethernet driver.
> 
> On a MPC885, I get 53% performance improvement on a ftp transfer of a 15Mb file:
>   * Without the patch : 2,8 Mbps
>   * With the patch : 4,3 Mbps
> 
> Signed-off-by: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy at c-s.fr>

Applied, thanks.


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