From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932089AbWBBP5V (ORCPT ); Thu, 2 Feb 2006 10:57:21 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932091AbWBBP5V (ORCPT ); Thu, 2 Feb 2006 10:57:21 -0500 Received: from mail.asdfg.lv ([83.136.139.133]:30358 "HELO mail.asdfg.lv") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S932089AbWBBP5V (ORCPT ); Thu, 2 Feb 2006 10:57:21 -0500 X-Antivirus-ASDFG-Mail-From: waters@inbox.lv via mail X-Antivirus-ASDFG: 1.24-st-qms (Clear:RC:1(10.10.200.230):. Processed in 0.045062 secs Process 31055) Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2006 17:55:30 +0200 From: kasp X-Mailer: The Bat! (v2.00.6) Business Reply-To: kasp X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Message-ID: <12329232343.20060202175530@inbox.lv> To: Alan Cox CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re[2]: DEVICE POLLING In-Reply-To: <1138891187.9861.7.camel@localhost.localdomain> References: <293455779.20060202104554@inbox.lv> <1138891187.9861.7.camel@localhost.localdomain> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hello Alan, Thursday, February 2, 2006, 4:39:47 PM, you wrote: >> I've read that *BSD like systems support device polling: >> So, are there any feature like that in linux kernel supported? AC> The Linux kernel does similar things for high network loads. Some serial AC> hardware also supports that functionality (eg comtrol rocketport). Should I turn this feature somewhere on, or is it already enabled by default? I'm using Intel PRO/100 network cards if it's important. -- Best regards, kasp mailto:waters@inbox.lv