From: Ingo Oeser <netdev@axxeo.de>
To: Ayaz Abdulla <aabdulla@nvidia.com>
Cc: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>,
Manfred Spraul <manfred@colorfullife.com>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>, nedev <netdev@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] forcedeth: new backoff implementation
Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2008 18:52:38 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200804111852.39156.netdev@axxeo.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <47FE7066.5060703@nvidia.com>
Hi Ayaz,
Ayaz Abdulla schrieb:
> This patch adds support for a new backoff algorithm for half duplex
> supported in newer hardware. The old method is will be designated as
> legacy mode.
>
> Re-seeding random values for the backoff algorithms are performed when a
> transmit has failed due to a maximum retry count (1 to 15, where max is
> considered the wraparound case of 0).
>
> Resending based on feedback.
It still uses u32 for the tables, which wastes at least 580 bytes
of code. Please use u16 for that.
Best Regards
Ingo Oeser
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-04-11 16:53 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-04-10 19:54 [PATCH] forcedeth: new backoff implementation Ayaz Abdulla
2008-04-11 16:52 ` Ingo Oeser [this message]
2008-04-12 4:50 ` Andrew Morton
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2008-04-11 18:31 Ayaz Abdulla
2008-04-09 23:36 Ayaz Abdulla
2008-04-10 16:25 ` Ingo Oeser
2008-04-07 21:40 Ayaz Abdulla
2008-04-08 8:14 ` Andrew Morton
2008-04-08 16:15 ` Manfred Spraul
2008-04-08 19:13 ` Ayaz Abdulla
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