tree 51de696840abc67a2f5d5803f63212b2fd593481
parent 6e909283cb344e32aa8adb4a4c169512d8e5fd27
author Nimrod Andy <B38611@freescale.com> 1402532183 +0800
committer David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> 1402596117 -0700

net: fec: Add software TSO support

Add software TSO support for FEC.
This feature allows to improve outbound throughput performance.

Tested on imx6dl sabresd board, running iperf tcp tests shows:
- 16.2% improvement comparing with FEC SG patch
- 82% improvement comparing with NO SG & TSO patch

$ ethtool -K eth0 tso on
$ iperf -c 10.192.242.167 -t 3 &
[  3] local 10.192.242.108 port 35388 connected with 10.192.242.167 port 5001
[ ID] Interval       Transfer     Bandwidth
[  3]  0.0- 3.0 sec   181 MBytes   506 Mbits/sec

During the testing, CPU loading is 30%.
Since imx6dl FEC Bandwidth is limited to SOC system bus bandwidth, the
performance with SW TSO is a milestone.

CC: Ezequiel Garcia <ezequiel.garcia@free-electrons.com>
CC: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
CC: David Laight <David.Laight@ACULAB.COM>
CC: Li Frank <B20596@freescale.com>
Signed-off-by: Fugang Duan <B38611@freescale.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>