From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: troy.kisky@boundarydevices.com (Troy Kisky) Date: Thu, 25 Feb 2016 08:57:15 -0700 Subject: [PATCH net-next V2 00/16] net: fec: cleanup and fixes In-Reply-To: <87oab518wo.fsf@gmail.com> References: <1456360619-24390-1-git-send-email-troy.kisky@boundarydevices.com> <87oab518wo.fsf@gmail.com> Message-ID: <56CF245B.8050504@boundarydevices.com> To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org List-Id: linux-arm-kernel.lists.infradead.org On 2/25/2016 1:39 AM, Holger Schurig wrote: > Hi Troy, > > what is the general aim of your patches? Stability? Speed? Cleanup? > 1. Stability 2. performance 3. easier to read 4. more debug info The 2nd goal is very hard to measure. It seems function alignment changes swamp most any other improvements. I think that if the same measurement that I did were done with a different compiler, you would see different patches increased/decreased the BPS. But at least the overall trend on the patch set is positive. And each individual patch has been tested. I would like someone to test on a machine with 3 queues though. If you have a more accurate way to measure performance, please let me know. Also, if you know why freescale's bsp has so much better performance that would be a very welcome patch. Troy