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From: Stephen Hemminger <stephen-OTpzqLSitTUnbdJkjeBofR2eb7JE58TQ@public.gmane.org>
Subject: Re: Question on the Ring Library
Date: Wed, 4 Dec 2013 13:51:25 -0800
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On Wed, 4 Dec 2013 13:47:10 -0800
Sambath Kumar Balasubramanian <sambath.balasubramanian-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:

> Thanks Stephen. I was going to do prototype something similar (not doing
> the wakeup inline but using a background thread)
> and is it a worthwhile effort to move this as a feature of the RTE ring or
> is it best left at the application level.
> 

I prefer that RTE ring stays as simple as possible.
If you need a higher level abstraction, built it yourself