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From: Roland Dreier <rdreier@cisco.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/5] remove TxStartThresh and RxEarlyThresh
Date: Mon, 02 Oct 2006 00:00:18 -0700
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 > > For pattern issue need to remove TxStartThresh and RxEarlyThresh.

 > Please describe this issue more completely.
 > 
 > What are the implications of simply removing this feature?  Presumably that
 > code was there for a reason..

Actually I think this patch needs to be handled delicately -- because
based on earlier emails from Jesse (http://www.mail-archive.com/netdev@vger.kernel.org/msg22254.html),
I am pretty sure that "pattern" is a typo for "patent".  So I guess
the question is what exactly the patent covers and what the
implications of having the current kernel code are.

 - R.