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4.5) DMA descriptors
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Driver handles both normal and enhanced descriptors. The latter has been only
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-tested on DWC Ether MAC 10/100/1000 Universal version 3.41a.
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+tested on DWC Ether MAC 10/100/1000 Universal version 3.41a and later.
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+STMMAC supports DMA descriptor to operate both in dual buffer (RING)
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+and linked-list(CHAINED) mode. In RING each descriptor points to two
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+data buffer pointers whereas in CHAINED mode they point to only one data
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+buffer pointer. RING mode is the default.
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+
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+In CHAINED mode each descriptor will have pointer to next descriptor in
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+the list, hence creating the explicit chaining in the descriptor itself,
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+whereas such explicit chaining is not possible in RING mode.
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4.6) Ethtool support
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Ethtool is supported. Driver statistics and internal errors can be taken using:
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