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From: linas@austin.ibm.com (Linas Vepstas)
To: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Cc: akpm@osdl.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org,
	James K Lewis <jklewis@us.ibm.com>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org,
	ens Osterkamp <Jens.Osterkamp@de.ibm.com>,
	Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/6]: powerpc/cell spidernet bottom half
Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2006 16:52:46 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20060823215246.GH4401@austin.ibm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200608190103.05649.arnd@arndb.de>

On Sat, Aug 19, 2006 at 01:03:04AM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> using the NAPI poll function

Still fiddling with this. Getting side-tracked after noticing
that the RX side generates a *huge* numbe of interrupts, despite
code in the driver which superficially appears to be RX NAPI.  
One step forward, two steps back, isn't there a dance like that?

--linas

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From: linas@austin.ibm.com (Linas Vepstas)
To: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Cc: linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org, Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>,
	akpm@osdl.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org,
	James K Lewis <jklewis@us.ibm.com>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	ens Osterkamp <Jens.Osterkamp@de.ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/6]: powerpc/cell spidernet bottom half
Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2006 16:52:46 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20060823215246.GH4401@austin.ibm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200608190103.05649.arnd@arndb.de>

On Sat, Aug 19, 2006 at 01:03:04AM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> using the NAPI poll function

Still fiddling with this. Getting side-tracked after noticing
that the RX side generates a *huge* numbe of interrupts, despite
code in the driver which superficially appears to be RX NAPI.  
One step forward, two steps back, isn't there a dance like that?

--linas

  parent reply	other threads:[~2006-08-23 21:52 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 52+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2006-08-18 22:07 [PATCH 0/6]: powerpc/cell spidernet ethernet driver update Linas Vepstas
2006-08-18 22:07 ` Linas Vepstas
2006-08-18 22:20 ` [PATCH 1/6]: powerpc/cell spidernet burst alignment patch Linas Vepstas
2006-08-18 22:51   ` Arnd Bergmann
2006-08-18 22:51     ` Arnd Bergmann
2006-08-18 22:21 ` [PATCH 2/6]: powerpc/cell spidernet low watermark patch Linas Vepstas
2006-08-18 23:09   ` Arnd Bergmann
2006-08-18 23:09     ` Arnd Bergmann
2006-08-20  6:31     ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2006-08-20  6:31       ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2006-08-20 10:03       ` Arnd Bergmann
2006-08-20 10:03         ` Arnd Bergmann
2006-08-23 21:36         ` Linas Vepstas
2006-08-23 21:36           ` Linas Vepstas
2006-08-23 22:03           ` David Miller
2006-08-23 22:03             ` David Miller
2006-08-18 22:23 ` [PATCH 3/6]: powerpc/cell spidernet stop error printing patch Linas Vepstas
2006-08-18 22:25 ` [PATCH 4/6]: powerpc/cell spidernet ethtool -i version number info Linas Vepstas
2006-08-18 22:56   ` Arnd Bergmann
2006-08-18 22:56     ` Arnd Bergmann
2006-08-18 22:26 ` [PATCH 5/6]: powerpc/cell spidernet bottom half Linas Vepstas
2006-08-18 23:03   ` Arnd Bergmann
2006-08-18 23:03     ` Arnd Bergmann
2006-08-19  0:56     ` [RFC] HOWTO use NAPI to reduce TX interrupts Arnd Bergmann
2006-08-19  0:56       ` Arnd Bergmann
2006-08-20  1:31       ` Stephen Hemminger
2006-08-20  1:31         ` Stephen Hemminger
2006-08-19 11:25         ` Arnd Bergmann
2006-08-19 11:25           ` Arnd Bergmann
2006-08-20 17:48           ` [RFC v2] " Arnd Bergmann
2006-08-20 17:48             ` Arnd Bergmann
2006-08-21 20:40             ` NAPI documentation Stephen Hemminger
2006-08-21 20:40               ` Stephen Hemminger
2006-08-21 22:05               ` David Miller
2006-08-21 22:05                 ` David Miller
2006-08-21 22:09                 ` Stephen Hemminger
2006-08-21 22:09                   ` Stephen Hemminger
2006-08-21 22:17                   ` David Miller
2006-08-21 22:17                     ` David Miller
2006-08-21 23:52           ` [RFC] HOWTO use NAPI to reduce TX interrupts Linas Vepstas
2006-08-21 23:52             ` Linas Vepstas
2006-08-21 23:56             ` David Miller
2006-08-21 23:56               ` David Miller
2006-08-22  0:29               ` Roland Dreier
2006-08-22  0:29                 ` Roland Dreier
2006-08-22  0:32                 ` David Miller
2006-08-22  0:32                   ` David Miller
2006-08-23  1:29                   ` Shirley Ma
2006-08-23  1:29                     ` Shirley Ma
2006-08-23 21:52     ` Linas Vepstas [this message]
2006-08-23 21:52       ` [PATCH 5/6]: powerpc/cell spidernet bottom half Linas Vepstas
2006-08-18 22:29 ` [PATCH 6/6]: powerpc/cell spidernet refine locking Linas Vepstas

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