From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Subject: Re: [net-next.git 0/6 (V5)] stmmac: remove dead code for STMMAC_TIMER and add new mitigation schema Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2012 17:23:03 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <20121126.172303.1672761221381936338.davem@davemloft.net> References: <1353921046-5121-1-git-send-email-peppe.cavallaro@st.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, bhutchings@solarflare.com To: peppe.cavallaro@st.com Return-path: Received: from shards.monkeyblade.net ([149.20.54.216]:54934 "EHLO shards.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932133Ab2KZWXG (ORCPT ); Mon, 26 Nov 2012 17:23:06 -0500 In-Reply-To: <1353921046-5121-1-git-send-email-peppe.cavallaro@st.com> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: From: Giuseppe CAVALLARO Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2012 10:10:40 +0100 > These patch series remove the STMMAC_TIMER option no longer updated > and never used and add a new mitigation schema. > Having removed the Timer opt, this has made the driver slim. > On top of this work, it has been easier to introduce the new > mitigation schema based on HW RX-watchdog (available in new cores). > In fact, 3.50 and newer cores have an HW RX-Watchdog that can be used for > mitigating the Rx-interrupts and first results look promising. All applied to net-next