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    stmmac: support extend descriptors · c24602ef
    Giuseppe CAVALLARO authored
    
    
    This patch is to support the extend descriptors available
    in the chips newer than the 3.50.
    
    In case of the extend descriptors cannot be supported,
    at runtime, the driver will continue to work using the old style.
    
    In detail, this support extends the main descriptor structure
    adding new descriptors: 4, 5, 6, 7. The desc4 gives us extra
    information about the received ethernet payload when it is
    carrying PTP packets or TCP/UDP/ICMP over IP packets.
    The descriptors 6 and 7 are used for saving HW L/H timestamps (PTP).
    
    V2: this new version removes the Koption added in the first implementation
    because all the checks now to verify if the extended descriptors are
    actually supported happen at probe time.
    
    Signed-off-by: default avatarGiuseppe Cavallaro <peppe.cavallaro@st.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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