On Thu, 12 Oct 2006 14:54:33 -0700 "Yang, Steve" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> FYI ... > > Regards, > Steve Yang > > -----Original Message----- > From: Yang, Steve > Sent: Monday, September 25, 2006 3:50 PM > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Cc: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'; 'Mark E Mason' > Subject: Performance enhancement patches for SB1250 MAC > > Hi, > > The attached are two network performance enhancement patches for SB1250 > MAC. The NAPI patch applies first. Followed by the "skb cache" patch. > They applied and builds cleanly on 2.6.18 kernel for the following > kernel option combinations: > > SBMAC_NAPI no yes yes > SKB_CACHE no no yes > > Regards, > Steve Yang > NAK on the SKB_CACHE it is idea that just ends up favoring your driver at the expense of the rest of the system. Also, there are resource/memory starvation issues and probably other races as well. I bet it makes your benchmark run faster, but it doesn't belong in normal kernel -- Stephen Hemminger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - 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
