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From: Eric Lemoine <eric.lemoine@gmail.com>
To: Robert Olsson <robert.olsson@data.slu.se>
Cc: Harald Welte <laforge@gnumonks.org>, netdev@oss.sgi.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.6] natsemi.c NAPI
Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2004 19:30:21 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <5cac192f04092710304a3d28b2@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <16727.60345.857450.162620@robur.slu.se>

>  > I think this overall problem can be solved if there was some per-device
>  > variable that saves the IntrStatus until the NAPI callback gets
>  > scheduled. What do you think?  This wouldn't even need some locking,
>  > since interrupts would be disabled before the field is updated, and not
>  > re-enabled before the field is read by the NAPI callback?
>  >
>  > I was surprised that this solution is not suggested in the NAPI-HOWTO.txt, so I though there must be an error in my proposal...
>  >
>  > By using such a scheme, isn't it also possible to only offload RX into
>  > the NAPI callback with clear-on-read devices?
>  >
> 
>  e1000 used such technique before.If a remember correctly IntrStatus was
>  saved in device priv struct.

That's also how it is done in current sungem.

-- 
Eric

  reply	other threads:[~2004-09-27 17:30 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <20040919163642.GC1307@sunbeam.de.gnumonks.org>
     [not found] ` <4155D781.8050700@colorfullife.com>
2004-09-27  9:11   ` [PATCH 2.6] natsemi.c NAPI Harald Welte
2004-09-27 10:30     ` Robert Olsson
2004-09-27 17:30       ` Eric Lemoine [this message]
     [not found]   ` <20040927081411.GC3236@sunbeam.de.gnumonks.org>
     [not found]     ` <1096343829.8660.107.camel@jzny.localdomain>
     [not found]       ` <4158E74C.7030709@colorfullife.com>
2004-09-28 10:39         ` jamal
2004-09-20 14:10 Harald Welte
2004-09-20 18:57 ` David S. Miller
2004-09-20 19:07   ` Jeff Garzik
2004-09-20 19:12     ` David S. Miller

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