Need to make the edge-triggered workaround timer faster to get marginally better peformance. The test_and_set_bit in schedule_prep() acts as a barrier already. Make it a module parameter so that laptops who are concerned about power can set it to 0; and user's stuck with broken BIOS's can turn the driver into pure polling.
Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- sky2.orig/drivers/net/sky2.c 2006-05-02 09:49:37.000000000 -0700 +++ sky2/drivers/net/sky2.c 2006-05-02 09:49:38.000000000 -0700 @@ -98,6 +98,10 @@ module_param(disable_msi, int, 0); MODULE_PARM_DESC(disable_msi, "Disable Message Signaled Interrupt (MSI)"); +static int idle_timeout = 100; +module_param(idle_timeout, int, 0); +MODULE_PARM_DESC(idle_timeout, "Idle timeout workaround for lost interrupts (ms)"); + static const struct pci_device_id sky2_id_table[] = { { PCI_DEVICE(PCI_VENDOR_ID_SYSKONNECT, 0x9000) }, { PCI_DEVICE(PCI_VENDOR_ID_SYSKONNECT, 0x9E00) }, @@ -2092,12 +2096,13 @@ */ static void sky2_idle(unsigned long arg) { - struct net_device *dev = (struct net_device *) arg; + struct sky2_hw *hw = (struct sky2_hw *) arg; + struct net_device *dev = hw->dev[0]; - local_irq_disable(); if (__netif_rx_schedule_prep(dev)) __netif_rx_schedule(dev); - local_irq_enable(); + + mod_timer(&hw->idle_timer, jiffies + msecs_to_jiffies(idle_timeout)); } @@ -2145,8 +2150,6 @@ if (work_done >= work_limit) return 1; - mod_timer(&hw->idle_timer, jiffies + HZ); - netif_rx_complete(dev0); status = sky2_read32(hw, B0_Y2_SP_LISR); @@ -2167,8 +2170,6 @@ prefetch(&hw->st_le[hw->st_idx]); if (likely(__netif_rx_schedule_prep(dev0))) __netif_rx_schedule(dev0); - else - printk(KERN_DEBUG PFX "irq race detected\n"); return IRQ_HANDLED; } @@ -3290,7 +3291,10 @@ sky2_write32(hw, B0_IMSK, Y2_IS_BASE); - setup_timer(&hw->idle_timer, sky2_idle, (unsigned long) dev); + setup_timer(&hw->idle_timer, sky2_idle, (unsigned long) hw); + if (idle_timeout > 0) + mod_timer(&hw->idle_timer, + jiffies + msecs_to_jiffies(idle_timeout)); pci_set_drvdata(pdev, hw); -- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html