From: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
To: akpm@linux-foundation.org
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, aabdulla@nvidia.com
Subject: Re: [patch 6/9] forcedeth: new backoff implementation
Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2008 02:03:45 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <48117441.8070005@garzik.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200804182050.m3IKoird014836@imap1.linux-foundation.org>
akpm@linux-foundation.org wrote:
> From: Ayaz Abdulla <aabdulla@nvidia.com>
>
> This patch adds support for a new backoff algorithm for half duplex supported
> in newer hardware. The old method is will be designated as legacy mode.
>
> Re-seeding random values for the backoff algorithms are performed when a
> transmit has failed due to a maximum retry count (1 to 15, where max is
> considered the wraparound case of 0).
>
> Signed-off-by: Ayaz Abdulla <aabdulla@nvidia.com>
> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
> ---
applied
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2008-04-18 20:50 [patch 6/9] forcedeth: new backoff implementation akpm
2008-04-25 6:03 ` Jeff Garzik [this message]
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