On Wed, 2006-12-13 at 15:46 -0800, Stephen Hemminger wrote: > Split off NAPI part from network device, this patch is build tested > only! It breaks kernel API for network devices, and only three examples > are fixed (skge, sky2, and tg3). > > 1. Decomposition allows different NAPI <-> network device > Some hardware has N devices for one IRQ, others like MSI-X > want multiple receive's for one device. > > 2. Cleanup locking with netpoll > > 3. Change poll callback arguements and semantics > > 4. Make softnet_data static (only in dev.c)
Thanks ! I'll give a go at adapting emac and maybe a few more when I get 5mn to spare... Ben. - 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
