On Wed, 17 Oct 2007 23:28:38 -0700 (PDT) David Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> From: Stephen Hemminger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2007 13:21:31 -0700 > > > I propose that we take out all the whole netpoll rx path. If/when > > kgdb gets submitted a better and alternative receive path can be > > added. > > I would like to kill the RX side handling of netpoll too, > but I don't think that's reasonable as kgdb is actively > being pushed for 2.6.25 inclusion. > > Andrew is likely to add it to his -mm tree soon and therefore kgdb > will need to work properly now. git-kgdb.patch has been in there for ages - maybe a year. Although I disabled it a week or so ago due to the sheer number of rejects. Will bring it back when things settle down a bit. > The RX netpoll thing has a long precedence, it's been in the tree for > a long time, so we are in some ways stuck with it until we have a > complete replacement facility. That means we can't yank it out first > and implement the replacement later. - 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
