Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S265551AbTFMWAE (ORCPT ); Fri, 13 Jun 2003 18:00:04 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S265552AbTFMWAD (ORCPT ); Fri, 13 Jun 2003 18:00:03 -0400 Received: from fmr01.intel.com ([192.55.52.18]:60670 "EHLO hermes.fm.intel.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S265551AbTFMV77 convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Fri, 13 Jun 2003 17:59:59 -0400 content-class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.0.6375.0 Subject: RE: e1000 performance hack for ppc64 (Power4) Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2003 15:13:44 -0700 Message-ID: X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: e1000 performance hack for ppc64 (Power4) Thread-Index: AcMxvbsUnQpOXBzUQb6tJV3GmxYJgwANPRPQ From: "Feldman, Scott" To: "Herman Dierks" Cc: "David Gibson" , , "Anton Blanchard" , "Nancy J Milliner" , "Ricardo C Gonzalez" , "Brian Twichell" X-OriginalArrivalTime: 13 Jun 2003 22:13:45.0229 (UTC) FILETIME=[0E4163D0:01C331F9] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 632 Lines: 15 > So in summary I think this is mainly an alignment issue and > it is likely to help other platforms as well so should be > considered for the driver. But we're applying the alignment constraint in the wrong direction. The e1000 h/w doesn't have an alignment constraint, it's your arch. Dave Hansen's suggestion is in the right direction; let's see what Anton's response is. -scott - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/