From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: jamal Subject: Re: [PATCH] [sis900] convert to NAPI, WAS Re: pktgen terminating condition Date: Wed, 05 Sep 2007 08:33:39 -0400 Message-ID: <1188995619.4238.5.camel@localhost> References: <20070904032036.GA11153@ludhiana> <1188925008-ced672f60b90353067426d0b9f74506a@brownhat.org> <20070905074411.GA4815@ludhiana> <46DE9B09.7060603@katalix.com> Reply-To: hadi@cyberus.ca Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Mandeep Singh Baines , Daniele Venzano , davem@davemloft.net, rick.jones2@hp.com, msb@google.com, netdev@vger.kernel.org, grundler@google.com, robert.olsson@its.uu.se, jeff@garzik.org, nhorman@tuxdriver.com To: James Chapman Return-path: Received: from wx-out-0506.google.com ([66.249.82.230]:48753 "EHLO wx-out-0506.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753972AbXIEMdq (ORCPT ); Wed, 5 Sep 2007 08:33:46 -0400 Received: by wx-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id h31so2095799wxd for ; Wed, 05 Sep 2007 05:33:46 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <46DE9B09.7060603@katalix.com> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org On Wed, 2007-05-09 at 13:03 +0100, James Chapman wrote: > I have a patch that solves the high interrupt rate problem by keeping > the driver in polled mode longer. It's written for the latest NAPI > version that DaveM posted recently. I'll try to get some time to write > it up and post it for comment. Theres interesting challenges to be tackled with resolving that. Just so you dont reinvent the wheel or to help invent a better one; please read: http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/hadi/docs/UKUUG2005.pdf if you have, what are the differences in your approach - and when do you find it useful? cheers, jamal PS:- Mandeep, i was going to suggest thresholds but you beat me to it with your latest patch.