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Subject: Re: [net-next PATCH 1/6] net: Split netdev_alloc_frag into
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Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2014 09:13:00 -0800
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On Wed, 2014-12-10 at 09:06 -0800, Alexander Duyck wrote:

> That is an interesting idea.  I wonder if there would be a similar
> benefit for small packets.  If nothing else I might try a few
> experiments with ixgbe to see if I can take advantage of something similar.

I was planning to submit a core infrastructure when net-next reopens, a
simple layer to use instead of alloc_page(), and immediately usable in
Intel drivers.