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1*1da177e4SLinus Torvalds/* nicstar.c  v0.22  Jawaid Bazyar (bazyar@hypermall.com)
2*1da177e4SLinus Torvalds * nicstar.c, M. Welsh (matt.welsh@cl.cam.ac.uk)
3*1da177e4SLinus Torvalds *
4*1da177e4SLinus Torvalds * Hacked October, 1997 by Jawaid Bazyar, Interlink Advertising Services Inc.
5*1da177e4SLinus Torvalds * 	http://www.hypermall.com/
6*1da177e4SLinus Torvalds * 10/1/97 - commented out CFG_PHYIE bit - we don't care when the PHY
7*1da177e4SLinus Torvalds *	interrupts us (except possibly for removal/insertion of the cable?)
8*1da177e4SLinus Torvalds * 10/4/97 - began heavy inline documentation of the code. Corrected typos
9*1da177e4SLinus Torvalds *	and spelling mistakes.
10*1da177e4SLinus Torvalds * 10/5/97 - added code to handle PHY interrupts, disable PHY on
11*1da177e4SLinus Torvalds *	loss of link, and correctly re-enable PHY when link is
12*1da177e4SLinus Torvalds *	re-established. (put back CFG_PHYIE)
13*1da177e4SLinus Torvalds *
14*1da177e4SLinus Torvalds *   Modified to work with the IDT7721 nicstar -- AAL5 (tested) only.
15*1da177e4SLinus Torvalds *
16*1da177e4SLinus Torvalds * R. D. Rechenmacher <ron@fnal.gov>, Aug. 6, 1997 $Revision: 1.1 $ $Date: 1999/08/20 11:00:11 $
17*1da177e4SLinus Torvalds *
18*1da177e4SLinus Torvalds * Linux driver for the IDT77201 NICStAR PCI ATM controller.
19*1da177e4SLinus Torvalds * PHY component is expected to be 155 Mbps S/UNI-Lite or IDT 77155;
20*1da177e4SLinus Torvalds * see init_nicstar() for PHY initialization to change this. This driver
21*1da177e4SLinus Torvalds * expects the Linux ATM stack to support scatter-gather lists
22*1da177e4SLinus Torvalds * (skb->atm.iovcnt != 0) for Rx skb's passed to vcc->push.
23*1da177e4SLinus Torvalds *
24*1da177e4SLinus Torvalds * Implementing minimal-copy of received data:
25*1da177e4SLinus Torvalds *   IDT always receives data into a small buffer, then large buffers
26*1da177e4SLinus Torvalds *     as needed. This means that data must always be copied to create
27*1da177e4SLinus Torvalds *     the linear buffer needed by most non-ATM protocol stacks (e.g. IP)
28*1da177e4SLinus Torvalds *     Fix is simple: make large buffers large enough to hold entire
29*1da177e4SLinus Torvalds *     SDU, and leave <small_buffer_data> bytes empty at the start. Then
30*1da177e4SLinus Torvalds *     copy small buffer contents to head of large buffer.
31*1da177e4SLinus Torvalds *   Trick is to avoid fragmenting Linux, due to need for a lot of large
32*1da177e4SLinus Torvalds *     buffers. This is done by 2 things:
33*1da177e4SLinus Torvalds *       1) skb->destructor / skb->atm.recycle_buffer
34*1da177e4SLinus Torvalds *            combined, allow nicstar_free_rx_skb to be called to
35*1da177e4SLinus Torvalds *            recycle large data buffers
36*1da177e4SLinus Torvalds *       2) skb_clone of received buffers
37*1da177e4SLinus Torvalds *   See nicstar_free_rx_skb and linearize_buffer for implementation
38*1da177e4SLinus Torvalds *     details.
39*1da177e4SLinus Torvalds *
40*1da177e4SLinus Torvalds *
41*1da177e4SLinus Torvalds *
42*1da177e4SLinus Torvalds * Copyright (c) 1996 University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory
43*1da177e4SLinus Torvalds *
44*1da177e4SLinus Torvalds *   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
45*1da177e4SLinus Torvalds *   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
46*1da177e4SLinus Torvalds *   the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
47*1da177e4SLinus Torvalds *   (at your option) any later version.
48*1da177e4SLinus Torvalds *
49*1da177e4SLinus Torvalds *   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
50*1da177e4SLinus Torvalds *   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
51*1da177e4SLinus Torvalds *   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
52*1da177e4SLinus Torvalds *   GNU General Public License for more details.
53*1da177e4SLinus Torvalds *
54*1da177e4SLinus Torvalds *   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
55*1da177e4SLinus Torvalds *   along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
56*1da177e4SLinus Torvalds *   Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
57*1da177e4SLinus Torvalds *
58*1da177e4SLinus Torvalds * M. Welsh, 6 July 1996
59*1da177e4SLinus Torvalds *
60*1da177e4SLinus Torvalds *
61*1da177e4SLinus Torvalds */
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