Re: [RFC] remove netpoll receive code

[Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@linux-foundation.org>]

On Thu, 18 Oct 2007 00:02:44 -0700
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> wrote:

> On Wed, 17 Oct 2007 23:28:38 -0700 (PDT) David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> wrote:
> 
> > From: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@linux-foundation.org>
> > Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2007 13:21:31 -0700
> > 
> > > I propose that we take out all the whole netpoll rx path. If/when
> > > kgdb gets submitted a better and alternative receive path can be
> > > added.
> > 
> > I would like to kill the RX side handling of netpoll too,
> > but I don't think that's reasonable as kgdb is actively
> > being pushed for 2.6.25 inclusion.
> > 
> > Andrew is likely to add it to his -mm tree soon and therefore kgdb
> > will need to work properly now.
> 
> git-kgdb.patch has been in there for ages - maybe a year.  Although I
> disabled it a week or so ago due to the sheer number of rejects.  Will
> bring it back when things settle down a bit.
> 
> > The RX netpoll thing has a long precedence, it's been in the tree for
> > a long time, so we are in some ways stuck with it until we have a
> > complete replacement facility.  That means we can't yank it out first
> > and implement the replacement later.

How about I work on a better/alternative receive path for kgdb that
can be applied after kgdb is included.  Kgdb could actually be useful
for me :-)

-- 
Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@linux-foundation.org>