On Thu, 23 February 2006 02:00:50 -0800, David S. Miller wrote:
>
> > This breaks socket buffer accounting.
>
> That's why he's dropping the SKB sans the data.
There doesn't appear to be any fundamental opposition. David, should
I turn this mess into a decent patch, convert one driver, do some
From: Lennert Buytenhek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2006 10:55:21 +0100
> This breaks socket buffer accounting.
That's why he's dropping the SKB sans the data.
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On Thu, 23 February 2006 10:55:21 +0100, Lennert Buytenhek wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 23, 2006 at 08:00:32AM +0100, Jörn Engel wrote:
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> > > I am assuming the real goal is avoiding interrupts when
> > > transmit completions can be reported without them on a
> > > reasonably periodic basis.
> >
> > Not
On Thu, Feb 23, 2006 at 08:00:32AM +0100, Jörn Engel wrote:
> > I am assuming the real goal is avoiding interrupts when
> > transmit completions can be reported without them on a
> > reasonably periodic basis.
>
> Not necessarily on a periodic basis. For some network driver I once
> worked on, t
On Wed, 22 February 2006 12:37:48 -0800, Caitlin Bestler wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > Below patch wasn't even compile tested. I'm not involved
> > with network drivers anymore, so my personal interest is
> > fairly low. But since I firmly believe in the advantages and
> > feasibility of
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Below patch wasn't even compile tested. I'm not involved
> with network drivers anymore, so my personal interest is
> fairly low. But since I firmly believe in the advantages and
> feasibility of interrupt-less TX, there should at least be an
> ugly broken patch to flam
Below patch wasn't even compile tested. I'm not involved with network
drivers anymore, so my personal interest is fairly low. But since I
firmly believe in the advantages and feasibility of interrupt-less TX,
there should at least be an ugly broken patch to flame about. Go for
it, tell me how st
