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From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Subject: Re: [net-next 11/13] igb: Make Tx budget for NAPI user adjustable
Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2011 16:57:08 -0400 (EDT)
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From: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com>
Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2011 01:04:35 -0700

> From: Alexander Duyck <alexander.h.duyck@intel.com>
> 
> This change is meant to make the NAPI budget limits for transmit
> adjustable.  By doing this it is possible to tune the value for optimal
> performance with applications such as routing.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Alexander Duyck <alexander.h.duyck@intel.com>
> Tested-by:  Aaron Brown  <aaron.f.brown@intel.com>
> Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com>

As Ben and I have mentioned, this change is not acceptable.

Ethtool settings for "hardware interrupt" coalescing and mitigation
should have no effect on NAPI behavior.