Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1765217AbXHXVov (ORCPT ); Fri, 24 Aug 2007 17:44:51 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1759510AbXHXVom (ORCPT ); Fri, 24 Aug 2007 17:44:42 -0400 Received: from 74-93-104-97-Washington.hfc.comcastbusiness.net ([74.93.104.97]:40831 "EHLO sunset.davemloft.net" rhost-flags-OK-FAIL-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1757261AbXHXVok (ORCPT ); Fri, 24 Aug 2007 17:44:40 -0400 Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2007 14:44:36 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <20070824.144436.59664160.davem@davemloft.net> To: dlstevens@us.ibm.com Cc: shemminger@linux-foundation.org, akepner@sgi.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org, meder@de.ibm.com, netdev@vger.kernel.org, netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org, ossthema@de.ibm.com, raisch@de.ibm.com, stefan.roscher@de.ibm.com, themann@de.ibm.com, tklein@de.ibm.com Subject: Re: RFC: issues concerning the next NAPI interface From: David Miller In-Reply-To: References: <20070824085203.42f4305c@freepuppy.rosehill.hemminger.net> X-Mailer: Mew version 5.1.52 on Emacs 21.4 / Mule 5.0 (SAKAKI) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 562 Lines: 14 From: David Stevens Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2007 09:50:58 -0700 > Problem is if it increases rapidly, you may drop packets > before you notice that the ring is full in the current estimated > interval. This is one of many reasons why hardware interrupt mitigation is really needed for this. - 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/