On 4/12/2011 7:32 PM, Tantilov, Emil S wrote:
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Jean-Mickael Guerin [mailto:[email protected]]
>> Sent: Thursday, April 07, 2011 12:17 AM
>> To: [email protected]
>> Subject: [E1000-devel] CRC stripping on 82598 and 82599
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> It seems CRC is not stripped out on 82599, neither on 82598.
>> The ixgbe driver is setting RDRXCTL for 82599, nothing else.
>> >From datasheet I found that RDRXCTL.CRCStrip and HLREG0.RXCRCSTRP
>> must be set to the same value.
>>
>> I tested this patch (ixgbe-3.2.10) on 82598: always set
>> IXGBE_HLREG0_RXCRCSTRP,
>> and it CRC is stripped now:
>>
>> --- a/src/ixgbe_main.c
>> +++ b/src/ixgbe_main.c
>> @@ -3439,6 +3439,8 @@ static void ixgbe_set_rx_buffer_len(struct
>> ixgbe_adapter *adapter)
>>        hlreg0 = IXGBE_READ_REG(hw, IXGBE_HLREG0);
>>        /* set jumbo enable since MHADD.MFS is keeping size locked at
>> max_frame */
>>        hlreg0 |= IXGBE_HLREG0_JUMBOEN;
>> +       /* Enable CRC stripping */
>> +       hlreg0 |= IXGBE_HLREG0_RXCRCSTRP;
>>        IXGBE_WRITE_REG(hw, IXGBE_HLREG0, hlreg0);
>>
>>
>> I'm going to test on 82599 too.
>> I can't test for other NIC than 82598 and 82599, may a test for (82598 ||
>> 82599) should
>> be added.
> 
> Thanks for the patch. Are you seeing an issue where the CRC is not being 
> stripped, or is the patch just to satisfy the requirement in the datasheet?
> 
> If you are seeing a problem could you provide the values of the HLREG0 and 
> RDRXCTL? You can use the ethregs tool available for download from 
> e1000.sf.net. A detailed information about your HW would also be helpful such 
> as lspci -vvv and ethtool -e.

I have seen skb->len 4 bytes too long, so at some point the IP stack needs to 
trim it, I wanted to eliminate this step.
But I will trace to confirm it as soon as I have the hand on the board again, 
probably next week.

Regards,
Jean-Mickael

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