From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jeff Garzik Subject: Re: [PATCHES] TX batching Date: Sun, 23 Sep 2007 14:19:04 -0400 Message-ID: <46F6AE18.7080708@garzik.org> References: <20070914090058.17589.80352.sendpatchset@K50wks273871wss.in.ibm.com> <20070916.161748.48388692.davem@davemloft.net> <1189988958.4230.55.camel@localhost> <1190569987.4256.52.camel@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: David Miller , krkumar2@in.ibm.com, johnpol@2ka.mipt.ru, herbert@gondor.apana.org.au, kaber@trash.net, shemminger@linux-foundation.org, jagana@us.ibm.com, Robert.Olsson@data.slu.se, rick.jones2@hp.com, xma@us.ibm.com, gaagaan@gmail.com, netdev@vger.kernel.org, rdreier@cisco.com, peter.p.waskiewicz.jr@intel.com, mcarlson@broadcom.com, mchan@broadcom.com, general@lists.openfabrics.org, kumarkr@linux.ibm.com, tgraf@suug.ch, randy.dunlap@oracle.com, sri@us.ibm.com To: hadi@cyberus.ca Return-path: Received: from srv5.dvmed.net ([207.36.208.214]:40712 "EHLO mail.dvmed.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756007AbXIWSTv (ORCPT ); Sun, 23 Sep 2007 14:19:51 -0400 In-Reply-To: <1190569987.4256.52.camel@localhost> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org jamal wrote: > More patches to follow - i didnt want to overload people by dumping > too many patches. Most of these patches below are ready to go; some are > need some testing and others need a little porting from an earlier > kernel: > - tg3 driver (tested and works well, but dont want to send > - tun driver > - pktgen > - netiron driver > - e1000 driver You should post at least a couple driver patches to see how its used on Real Hardware(tm)... :) The batching idea has always seemed like a no-brainer to me, so I'm very interested to see how this turns out. Jeff