On Fri, Apr 02, 2004 at 09:03:02AM -0800, Bill Paul wrote:
[...]
> > To differentiate the case of an empty
> > ring from the full ring, some drivers (ste(4), dc(4), and
> > nge(4)) have the threshold (6 for dc(4), 3 for ste(4), and
> > 2 for nge(4)) to assert the gap between producer and consumer,
> Gang,
>
> I've been wading through several network drivers recently,
> learning Bill Paul's code. Specifically, I examined the
> following drivers: ste(4), rl(4), dc(4), nge(4), and vr(4).
>
> They all use the consumer/producer approach for handling TX.
> if_start() works with the producer, an
Gang,
I've been wading through several network drivers recently,
learning Bill Paul's code. Specifically, I examined the
following drivers: ste(4), rl(4), dc(4), nge(4), and vr(4).
They all use the consumer/producer approach for handling TX.
if_start() works with the producer, and txeof() works
