Hello Simon, On Mon, 30 Mar 2015 12:03:41 -0600, Simon Glass <s...@chromium.org> wrote:
> Also you can argue that buffer management is a reasonable thing to > provide a method for. Using a buffer to receive a packet, sending that > packet for processing, and retiring the buffer are all conceptually > separate things. We could even consider (in the future!) supporting a > buffer ring in the uclass since all of the drivers I have looked at > have one. Just in case: remember that some drivers use SRAM-based buffers while others use DDR-based buffers. Buffer management should support either use case. Also, there's more than just buffers; descriptors might be needed too -- whether they should be generalized or not, I have no clear idea, though. Amicalement, -- Albert. _______________________________________________ U-Boot mailing list U-Boot@lists.denx.de http://lists.denx.de/mailman/listinfo/u-boot
