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Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2002 12:13:03 -0500
From: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>
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To: "Jeff V. Merkey" <jmerkey@vger.timpanogas.org>
CC: Robert Olsson <Robert.Olsson@data.slu.se>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: e1000 fixes (NAPI)
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Jeff V. Merkey wrote:

>
> One other comment.  Does NAPI handle the issue of refilling the RX ring
> from interrupt?  This is the source of the problem, not packet 
> delvery, which
> is handled from a softirq handler.



NAPI poll does not happen in an interrupt.  Doing things in interrupts 
is the source of problems that NAPI is trying to solve.

Other than that, please read the code and NAPI paper...  :)

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