From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Chris Friesen Subject: copybreak and gige network drivers Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2003 14:25:12 -0400 Sender: netdev-bounce@oss.sgi.com Message-ID: <3F787908.7000305@nortelnetworks.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netdev@oss.sgi.com Return-path: To: davem@redhat.com Errors-to: netdev-bounce@oss.sgi.com List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org I'm looking at doing some work on a driver for the gige portion of the Marvell Disco2. The existing driver allocates mtu-sized buffers and always passes them off to the network stack. I'm thinking about adding some copybreak optimizations, but I'm not sure what value I should use for the copybreak. I would expect most packets to be on the smaller side. Any suggestions? Chris -- Chris Friesen | MailStop: 043/33/F10 Nortel Networks | work: (613) 765-0557 3500 Carling Avenue | fax: (613) 765-2986 Nepean, ON K2H 8E9 Canada | email: cfriesen@nortelnetworks.com