[PATCH 1/7] I/OAT: Push pending transactions to hardware more frequently

2006-10-18 Thread Chris Leech
Every 20 descriptors turns out to be to few append commands with newer/faster CPUs. Pushing every 4 still cuts down on MMIO writes to an acceptable level without letting the DMA engine run out of work. Signed-off-by: Chris Leech <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- drivers/dma/ioatdma.c |4 ++-- 1 files

Re: [PATCH 1/7] [I/OAT] Push pending transactions to hardware more frequently

2006-08-18 Thread Chris Leech
On 8/18/06, Pavel Machek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Huh, two version bumps for... ONE ONE-LINER :-). Could we get rid of embedded version? It helps no one. Version numbers for drivers that can be built as modules are very helpful for anyone wanting to upgrade a driver on top of a distribution

Re: [PATCH 1/7] [I/OAT] Push pending transactions to hardware more frequently

2006-08-18 Thread Pavel Machek
Hi! > Every 20 descriptors turns out to be to few append commands with > newer/faster CPUs. Pushing every 4 still cuts down on MMIO writes to an > acceptable level without letting the DMA engine run out of work. > > Signed-off-by: Chris Leech <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > --- > > drivers/dma/ioatdma.c

[PATCH 1/7] [I/OAT] Push pending transactions to hardware more frequently

2006-08-15 Thread Chris Leech
Every 20 descriptors turns out to be to few append commands with newer/faster CPUs. Pushing every 4 still cuts down on MMIO writes to an acceptable level without letting the DMA engine run out of work. Signed-off-by: Chris Leech <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- drivers/dma/ioatdma.c |4 ++-- 1 files