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1*4882a593Smuzhiyun/* nicstar.c  v0.22  Jawaid Bazyar (bazyar@hypermall.com)
2*4882a593Smuzhiyun * nicstar.c, M. Welsh (matt.welsh@cl.cam.ac.uk)
3*4882a593Smuzhiyun *
4*4882a593Smuzhiyun * Hacked October, 1997 by Jawaid Bazyar, Interlink Advertising Services Inc.
5*4882a593Smuzhiyun * 	http://www.hypermall.com/
6*4882a593Smuzhiyun * 10/1/97 - commented out CFG_PHYIE bit - we don't care when the PHY
7*4882a593Smuzhiyun *	interrupts us (except possibly for removal/insertion of the cable?)
8*4882a593Smuzhiyun * 10/4/97 - began heavy inline documentation of the code. Corrected typos
9*4882a593Smuzhiyun *	and spelling mistakes.
10*4882a593Smuzhiyun * 10/5/97 - added code to handle PHY interrupts, disable PHY on
11*4882a593Smuzhiyun *	loss of link, and correctly re-enable PHY when link is
12*4882a593Smuzhiyun *	re-established. (put back CFG_PHYIE)
13*4882a593Smuzhiyun *
14*4882a593Smuzhiyun *   Modified to work with the IDT7721 nicstar -- AAL5 (tested) only.
15*4882a593Smuzhiyun *
16*4882a593Smuzhiyun * R. D. Rechenmacher <ron@fnal.gov>, Aug. 6, 1997
17*4882a593Smuzhiyun *
18*4882a593Smuzhiyun * Linux driver for the IDT77201 NICStAR PCI ATM controller.
19*4882a593Smuzhiyun * PHY component is expected to be 155 Mbps S/UNI-Lite or IDT 77155;
20*4882a593Smuzhiyun * see init_nicstar() for PHY initialization to change this. This driver
21*4882a593Smuzhiyun * expects the Linux ATM stack to support scatter-gather lists
22*4882a593Smuzhiyun * (skb->atm.iovcnt != 0) for Rx skb's passed to vcc->push.
23*4882a593Smuzhiyun *
24*4882a593Smuzhiyun * Implementing minimal-copy of received data:
25*4882a593Smuzhiyun *   IDT always receives data into a small buffer, then large buffers
26*4882a593Smuzhiyun *     as needed. This means that data must always be copied to create
27*4882a593Smuzhiyun *     the linear buffer needed by most non-ATM protocol stacks (e.g. IP)
28*4882a593Smuzhiyun *     Fix is simple: make large buffers large enough to hold entire
29*4882a593Smuzhiyun *     SDU, and leave <small_buffer_data> bytes empty at the start. Then
30*4882a593Smuzhiyun *     copy small buffer contents to head of large buffer.
31*4882a593Smuzhiyun *   Trick is to avoid fragmenting Linux, due to need for a lot of large
32*4882a593Smuzhiyun *     buffers. This is done by 2 things:
33*4882a593Smuzhiyun *       1) skb->destructor / skb->atm.recycle_buffer
34*4882a593Smuzhiyun *            combined, allow nicstar_free_rx_skb to be called to
35*4882a593Smuzhiyun *            recycle large data buffers
36*4882a593Smuzhiyun *       2) skb_clone of received buffers
37*4882a593Smuzhiyun *   See nicstar_free_rx_skb and linearize_buffer for implementation
38*4882a593Smuzhiyun *     details.
39*4882a593Smuzhiyun *
40*4882a593Smuzhiyun *
41*4882a593Smuzhiyun *
42*4882a593Smuzhiyun * Copyright (c) 1996 University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory
43*4882a593Smuzhiyun *
44*4882a593Smuzhiyun *   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
45*4882a593Smuzhiyun *   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
46*4882a593Smuzhiyun *   the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
47*4882a593Smuzhiyun *   (at your option) any later version.
48*4882a593Smuzhiyun *
49*4882a593Smuzhiyun *   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
50*4882a593Smuzhiyun *   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
51*4882a593Smuzhiyun *   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
52*4882a593Smuzhiyun *   GNU General Public License for more details.
53*4882a593Smuzhiyun *
54*4882a593Smuzhiyun *   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
55*4882a593Smuzhiyun *   along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
56*4882a593Smuzhiyun *   Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
57*4882a593Smuzhiyun *
58*4882a593Smuzhiyun * M. Welsh, 6 July 1996
59*4882a593Smuzhiyun *
60*4882a593Smuzhiyun *
61*4882a593Smuzhiyun */
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