All of lore.kernel.org
 help / color / mirror / Atom feed
From: jamal <hadi@cyberus.ca>
To: James Chapman <jchapman@katalix.com>
Cc: Mandeep Singh Baines <mandeep.baines@gmail.com>,
	Daniele Venzano <venza@brownhat.org>,
	davem@davemloft.net, rick.jones2@hp.com, msb@google.com,
	netdev@vger.kernel.org, grundler@google.com,
	robert.olsson@its.uu.se, jeff@garzik.org, nhorman@tuxdriver.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] [sis900] convert to NAPI, WAS Re: pktgen terminating condition
Date: Wed, 05 Sep 2007 08:33:39 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1188995619.4238.5.camel@localhost> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <46DE9B09.7060603@katalix.com>

On Wed, 2007-05-09 at 13:03 +0100, James Chapman wrote:

> I have a patch that solves the high interrupt rate problem by keeping 
> the driver in polled mode longer. It's written for the latest NAPI 
> version that DaveM posted recently. I'll try to get some time to write 
> it up and post it for comment.

Theres interesting challenges to be tackled with resolving that. 
Just so you dont reinvent the wheel or to help invent a better one;
please read:
http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/hadi/docs/UKUUG2005.pdf

if you have, what are the differences in your approach - and when
do you find it useful?

cheers,
jamal

PS:- Mandeep, i was going to suggest thresholds but you beat me to it
with your latest patch.


  reply	other threads:[~2007-09-05 12:33 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-09-01 10:47 pktgen terminating condition Daniele Venzano
2007-09-04  3:20 ` [PATCH] [sis900] convert to NAPI, WAS " Mandeep Singh Baines
2007-09-04 13:03   ` jamal
2007-09-04 17:21     ` Mandeep Baines
2007-09-04 16:56   ` Daniele Venzano
2007-09-04 17:24     ` Mandeep Baines
2007-09-05  7:44     ` Mandeep Singh Baines
2007-09-05 12:03       ` James Chapman
2007-09-05 12:33         ` jamal [this message]
2007-09-05 13:55           ` James Chapman
2007-09-05 14:21             ` jamal
2007-09-06  5:06               ` Mandeep Singh Baines
2007-09-06 13:22                 ` jamal

Reply instructions:

You may reply publicly to this message via plain-text email
using any one of the following methods:

* Save the following mbox file, import it into your mail client,
  and reply-to-all from there: mbox

  Avoid top-posting and favor interleaved quoting:
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style#Interleaved_style

* Reply using the --to, --cc, and --in-reply-to
  switches of git-send-email(1):

  git send-email \
    --in-reply-to=1188995619.4238.5.camel@localhost \
    --to=hadi@cyberus.ca \
    --cc=davem@davemloft.net \
    --cc=grundler@google.com \
    --cc=jchapman@katalix.com \
    --cc=jeff@garzik.org \
    --cc=mandeep.baines@gmail.com \
    --cc=msb@google.com \
    --cc=netdev@vger.kernel.org \
    --cc=nhorman@tuxdriver.com \
    --cc=rick.jones2@hp.com \
    --cc=robert.olsson@its.uu.se \
    --cc=venza@brownhat.org \
    /path/to/YOUR_REPLY

  https://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-send-email.html

* If your mail client supports setting the In-Reply-To header
  via mailto: links, try the mailto: link
Be sure your reply has a Subject: header at the top and a blank line before the message body.
This is an external index of several public inboxes,
see mirroring instructions on how to clone and mirror
all data and code used by this external index.