Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1030250AbWJOV1W (ORCPT ); Sun, 15 Oct 2006 17:27:22 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1030290AbWJOV1W (ORCPT ); Sun, 15 Oct 2006 17:27:22 -0400 Received: from gate.crashing.org ([63.228.1.57]:40913 "EHLO gate.crashing.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1030250AbWJOV1V (ORCPT ); Sun, 15 Oct 2006 17:27:21 -0400 Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/5] remove TxStartThresh and RxEarlyThresh From: Benjamin Herrenschmidt To: Jesse Huang Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, akpm@osdl.org, jgarzik@pobox.com In-Reply-To: <1160855725.2266.1.camel@localhost.localdomain> References: <1160855725.2266.1.camel@localhost.localdomain> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2006 07:26:37 +1000 Message-Id: <1160947597.22522.3.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.8.1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 734 Lines: 20 On Sat, 2006-10-14 at 15:55 -0400, Jesse Huang wrote: > From: Jesse Huang > > Change Logs: > For patent issue need to remove TxStartThresh and RxEarlyThresh. This patent > is cut-through patent. If use this function, Tx will start to transmit after > few data be move in to Tx FIFO. We are not allow to use those function in > DFE530/DFE550/DFE580/DL10050/IP100/IP100A. It will decrease a little > performance. Somebody patented FIFO thresholds ? Gack ? Ben. - 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/