From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
To: ron.mercer@qlogic.com
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [net-next PATCH 0/3] qlge: Performance changes for qlge.
Date: Wed, 06 Jan 2010 20:30:53 -0800 (PST) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20100106.203053.149144229.davem@davemloft.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1262464664-14996-1-git-send-email-ron.mercer@qlogic.com>
From: Ron Mercer <ron.mercer@qlogic.com>
Date: Sat, 2 Jan 2010 12:37:41 -0800
>
> Currently qlge splits headers into a separate buffer so they can
> be re-aligned on a 2-byte boundary. This is done to avoid
> exceptions thrown on certain platforms when headers are processed.
> To avoid the overhead of re-aligning headers, we turn on the split
> header/realign configuration only when the platform requires it.
> This allows usage of the gro-frags interface on platforms that do
> not require 32 bit aligned headers.
All applied to net-next-2.6, thanks Ron.
prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-01-07 4:30 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-01-02 20:37 [net-next PATCH 0/3] qlge: Performance changes for qlge Ron Mercer
2010-01-02 20:37 ` [net-next PATCH 1/3] qlge: Turn on RX header split based on platform Ron Mercer
2010-01-02 20:37 ` [net-next PATCH 2/3] qlge: Add RX frame handlers for non-split frames Ron Mercer
2010-01-02 20:37 ` [net-next PATCH 3/3] qlge: Add napi gro frags interface Ron Mercer
2010-01-07 4:30 ` David Miller [this message]
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