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From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa-YMNOUZJC4hwAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
To: Herbert Xu <herbert-lOAM2aK0SrRLBo1qDEOMRrpzq4S04n8Q@public.gmane.org>
Cc: Stephen Hemminger
	<shemminger-de/tnXTf+JLsfHDXvbKv3WD2FQJk+8+b@public.gmane.org>,
	Johannes Berg <johannes-cdvu00un1VgdHxzADdlk8Q@public.gmane.org>,
	dsd-aBrp7R+bbdUdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org,
	davem-fT/PcQaiUtIeIZ0/mPfg9Q@public.gmane.org,
	netdev-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org,
	linux-wireless-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: wireless vs. alignment requirements
Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2007 16:41:15 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <474F5C2B.8040300@zytor.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20071130003426.GJ23769-lOAM2aK0SrRLBo1qDEOMRrpzq4S04n8Q@public.gmane.org>

Herbert Xu wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 29, 2007 at 04:28:34PM -0800, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
>>> sky2 is the exception here, not the rule.
>> It is, but it's not unique.  Several USB adapters have the same problem, 
>> for example.
> 
> Notice the common theme here that slow (or slower, i.e., certainly nowhere
> near 10Gb) NICs are the norm for violating alignment :)
> 
> So I'd prefer something that only penalised them rather than everybody
> else.

Obviously, and this should be a configure option anyway.

	-hpa

  parent reply	other threads:[~2007-11-30  0:41 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 35+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-11-23  0:09 [PATCH] add compare_ether_addr_unaligned Daniel Drake
2007-11-23  4:11 ` Stephen Hemminger
2007-11-23 13:26 ` Herbert Xu
2007-11-26 10:39   ` Herbert Xu
2007-11-23 20:33 ` wireless vs. alignment requirements Johannes Berg
     [not found]   ` <1195850001.4149.165.camel-YfaajirXv214zXjbi5bjpg@public.gmane.org>
2007-11-24  6:15     ` Herbert Xu
2007-11-24  8:33       ` Johannes Berg
2007-11-24 13:32         ` Herbert Xu
     [not found]           ` <20071124133200.GA27531-lOAM2aK0SrRLBo1qDEOMRrpzq4S04n8Q@public.gmane.org>
2007-11-24 13:49             ` Johannes Berg
2007-11-24 13:51               ` David Miller
2007-11-24 14:13               ` Herbert Xu
     [not found]                 ` <20071124141319.GA27819-lOAM2aK0SrRLBo1qDEOMRrpzq4S04n8Q@public.gmane.org>
2007-11-24 20:11                   ` Stephen Hemminger
     [not found]                     ` <4748855C.5090103-de/tnXTf+JLsfHDXvbKv3WD2FQJk+8+b@public.gmane.org>
2007-11-24 21:33                       ` Johannes Berg
2007-11-25  1:08                       ` Herbert Xu
     [not found]                         ` <20071125010814.GD31668-lOAM2aK0SrRLBo1qDEOMRrpzq4S04n8Q@public.gmane.org>
2007-11-25 21:21                           ` Stephen Hemminger
     [not found]                             ` <4749E768.9040002-de/tnXTf+JLsfHDXvbKv3WD2FQJk+8+b@public.gmane.org>
2007-11-26  1:38                               ` Herbert Xu
2007-11-27 17:16                         ` H. Peter Anvin
2007-11-27 17:16                       ` H. Peter Anvin
     [not found]                         ` <474C50D7.5010901-YMNOUZJC4hwAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2007-11-27 18:39                           ` Stephen Hemminger
     [not found]                             ` <20071127103940.314c7844-s08KbqtN0aBORcJjwVk881hTQxXnIo14@public.gmane.org>
2007-11-28  2:42                               ` H. Peter Anvin
2007-11-29 13:11                           ` Herbert Xu
2007-11-29 17:50                             ` H. Peter Anvin
2007-11-30  0:26                               ` Herbert Xu
     [not found]                                 ` <20071130002621.GI23769-lOAM2aK0SrRLBo1qDEOMRrpzq4S04n8Q@public.gmane.org>
2007-11-30  0:28                                   ` H. Peter Anvin
     [not found]                                     ` <474F5932.1030103-YMNOUZJC4hwAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2007-11-30  0:34                                       ` Herbert Xu
     [not found]                                         ` <20071130003426.GJ23769-lOAM2aK0SrRLBo1qDEOMRrpzq4S04n8Q@public.gmane.org>
2007-11-30  0:41                                           ` H. Peter Anvin [this message]
2007-11-24 21:13                   ` Johannes Berg
     [not found]                     ` <1195938799.4149.197.camel-YfaajirXv214zXjbi5bjpg@public.gmane.org>
2007-11-25  1:44                       ` Herbert Xu
     [not found]                         ` <20071125014446.GA32104-lOAM2aK0SrRLBo1qDEOMRrpzq4S04n8Q@public.gmane.org>
2007-11-25 11:00                           ` Johannes Berg
     [not found]                             ` <1195988428.4149.225.camel-YfaajirXv214zXjbi5bjpg@public.gmane.org>
2007-11-25 11:22                               ` Herbert Xu
2007-11-25 13:54                                 ` Johannes Berg
     [not found]                                   ` <1195998864.4149.229.camel-YfaajirXv214zXjbi5bjpg@public.gmane.org>
2007-11-25 14:01                                     ` Herbert Xu
2007-11-25 17:04                                       ` Johannes Berg
     [not found]                                         ` <1196010257.4149.234.camel-YfaajirXv214zXjbi5bjpg@public.gmane.org>
2007-11-26  1:36                                           ` Herbert Xu
2007-11-24 13:11   ` Ulrich Kunitz

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