From: Michael Buesch <mb@bu3sch.de>
To: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
Cc: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>,
linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org,
Ron Rindjunsky <ron.rindjunsky@intel.com>,
Tomas Winkler <tomasw@gmail.com>,
Ivo van Doorn <ivdoorn@gmail.com>,
Peter P Waskiewicz Jr <peter.p.waskiewicz.jr@intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mac80211: rewrite fragmentation code
Date: Wed, 7 May 2008 15:48:06 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200805071548.06693.mb@bu3sch.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20080507130548.GA26977@gondor.apana.org.au>
On Wednesday 07 May 2008 15:05:48 Herbert Xu wrote:
> On Wed, May 07, 2008 at 01:52:13PM +0200, Johannes Berg wrote:
> >
> > Hmm. Why does busy exist then? Historical accident? I really really
>
> Yes it's historical baggage. These days the biggest users would
> be LLTX drivers which should all be converted to non-LLTX and
> drivers that don't keep track of queue status properly.
So there's no way to actually fail in a TX handler? Drivers
are doomed to drop the packet, if they cannot handle it due to
ring overflow?
--
Greetings Michael.
WARNING: multiple messages have this Message-ID (diff)
From: Michael Buesch <mb-fseUSCV1ubazQB+pC5nmwQ@public.gmane.org>
To: Herbert Xu <herbert-lOAM2aK0SrRLBo1qDEOMRrpzq4S04n8Q@public.gmane.org>
Cc: Johannes Berg <johannes-cdvu00un1VgdHxzADdlk8Q@public.gmane.org>,
linux-wireless-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org,
netdev-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org,
Ron Rindjunsky
<ron.rindjunsky-ral2JQCrhuEAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>,
Tomas Winkler <tomasw-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>,
Ivo van Doorn <ivdoorn-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>,
Peter P Waskiewicz Jr
<peter.p.waskiewicz.jr-ral2JQCrhuEAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mac80211: rewrite fragmentation code
Date: Wed, 7 May 2008 15:48:06 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200805071548.06693.mb@bu3sch.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20080507130548.GA26977-lOAM2aK0SrRLBo1qDEOMRrpzq4S04n8Q@public.gmane.org>
On Wednesday 07 May 2008 15:05:48 Herbert Xu wrote:
> On Wed, May 07, 2008 at 01:52:13PM +0200, Johannes Berg wrote:
> >
> > Hmm. Why does busy exist then? Historical accident? I really really
>
> Yes it's historical baggage. These days the biggest users would
> be LLTX drivers which should all be converted to non-LLTX and
> drivers that don't keep track of queue status properly.
So there's no way to actually fail in a TX handler? Drivers
are doomed to drop the packet, if they cannot handle it due to
ring overflow?
--
Greetings Michael.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-05-07 13:48 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 69+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-04-30 12:40 [RFC/RFT 0/4] mac80211 QoS-related enhancements Johannes Berg
2008-04-30 12:40 ` [RFC/RFT 1/4] mac80211: use rate index in TX control Johannes Berg
2008-04-30 12:40 ` Johannes Berg
2008-04-30 12:40 ` [RFC/RFT 2/4] GSO: generalize for mac80211 Johannes Berg
2008-04-30 12:40 ` Johannes Berg
2008-05-06 16:12 ` Johannes Berg
2008-05-06 16:12 ` Johannes Berg
2008-04-30 12:40 ` [RFC/RFT 3/4] mac80211: use GSO for fragmentation Johannes Berg
2008-04-30 12:40 ` Johannes Berg
2008-05-07 7:10 ` Herbert Xu
2008-05-07 8:50 ` Johannes Berg
2008-05-07 9:00 ` Herbert Xu
2008-05-07 11:22 ` [PATCH] mac80211: rewrite fragmentation code Johannes Berg
2008-05-07 11:22 ` Johannes Berg
2008-05-07 11:41 ` Herbert Xu
2008-05-07 11:41 ` Herbert Xu
2008-05-07 11:52 ` Johannes Berg
2008-05-07 13:05 ` Herbert Xu
2008-05-07 13:05 ` Herbert Xu
2008-05-07 13:48 ` Michael Buesch [this message]
2008-05-07 13:48 ` Michael Buesch
2008-05-08 3:22 ` Herbert Xu
2008-05-08 3:26 ` David Miller
2008-05-08 3:26 ` David Miller
2008-05-08 9:00 ` Johannes Berg
2008-05-08 9:00 ` Johannes Berg
2008-05-16 2:01 ` Rusty Russell
2008-05-16 2:01 ` Rusty Russell
2008-05-16 3:28 ` Herbert Xu
2008-05-16 4:58 ` David Miller
2008-05-16 10:32 ` Rusty Russell
2008-05-16 10:32 ` Rusty Russell
2008-05-16 10:38 ` Johannes Berg
2008-05-16 10:38 ` Johannes Berg
2008-05-16 12:15 ` Herbert Xu
2008-05-16 19:40 ` David Miller
2008-05-19 3:08 ` Rusty Russell
2008-05-19 3:08 ` Rusty Russell
2008-05-19 7:03 ` David Miller
2008-05-08 13:00 ` Michael Buesch
2008-05-08 13:08 ` Herbert Xu
2008-05-08 13:08 ` Herbert Xu
2008-05-08 13:13 ` Michael Buesch
2008-05-08 13:15 ` Michael Buesch
2008-05-08 13:32 ` Herbert Xu
2008-05-08 13:32 ` Herbert Xu
2008-05-07 19:19 ` Johannes Berg
2008-05-07 19:19 ` Johannes Berg
2008-04-30 12:40 ` [RFC/RFT 4/4] mac80211: use multi-queue master netdevice Johannes Berg
2008-04-30 12:40 ` Johannes Berg
2008-04-30 14:37 ` Ivo van Doorn
2008-04-30 14:37 ` Ivo van Doorn
2008-04-30 14:45 ` Johannes Berg
2008-04-30 14:45 ` Johannes Berg
2008-04-30 15:00 ` Johannes Berg
2008-04-30 15:00 ` Johannes Berg
2008-04-30 15:34 ` Ivo van Doorn
2008-04-30 15:34 ` Ivo van Doorn
2008-04-30 15:38 ` Johannes Berg
2008-05-01 8:21 ` Ivo van Doorn
2008-05-01 8:21 ` Ivo van Doorn
2008-05-01 8:54 ` Johannes Berg
2008-05-01 8:54 ` Johannes Berg
2008-04-30 19:39 ` Waskiewicz Jr, Peter P
2008-04-30 19:39 ` Waskiewicz Jr, Peter P
2008-04-30 20:07 ` Johannes Berg
2008-04-30 20:07 ` Johannes Berg
2008-04-30 13:07 ` [RFC/RFT 0/4] mac80211 QoS-related enhancements Johannes Berg
2008-04-30 20:59 ` Michael Buesch
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