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@ 2003-08-28 21:01 ` Jeff Garzik
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From: Jeff Garzik @ 2003-08-28 21:01 UTC (permalink / raw)
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Michele 'mydecay' Marchetto wrote:
> I was wondering why NAPI hasn't been ported on 8139too yet..


I think it would be a good idea.  You can stuff a lot of 68-byte packets 
into a 32K or 64K contiguous buffer.  Jes Sorensen wrote a patch a while 
ago that sampling the incoming rate, and backed off if the rate was too 
high -- basically a poor man's NAPI.

So, volunteers?  Just convert the RX path to NAPI, not all interrupt events.

	Jeff

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