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    stmmac: add the initial tx coalesce schema · 9125cdd1
    Giuseppe CAVALLARO authored
    This patch adds a new schema used for mitigating the
    number of transmit interrupts.
    It is based on a SW timer and a threshold value.
    The timer is used to periodically call the stmmac_tx_clean
    function; the threshold is used for setting the IC (Interrupt
    on Completion bit). The ISR will then invoke the poll method.
    Also the patch improves some ethtool stat fields.
    
    V2: review the logic to manage the IC bit in the TDESC
    that was bugged because it didn't take care about the
    fragments. Also fix the tx_count_frames that has not to be
    limited to TX DMA ring. Thanks to Ben Hutchings.
    
    V3: removed the spin_lock irqsave/restore as D. Miller suggested.
    Signed-off-by: default avatarGiuseppe Cavallaro <peppe.cavallaro@st.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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