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Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2008 08:19:50 +0100
From: Jarek Poplawski <jarkao2@gmail.com>
To: Chris Friesen <cfriesen@nortel.com>
Cc: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>, netdev@vger.kernel.org,
       linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: questions on NAPI processing latency and dropped network
	packets
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On 14-01-2008 16:58, Chris Friesen wrote:
...
> How close to bleeding edge do we need to be for it to be considered 
> acceptable to ask questions on netdev?
> 
> Given that the embedded space tends to be perpetually stuck on older 
> kernels (our "current" release is based on 2.6.14) do you have any 
> suggestion on how we can obtain information that would be available on 
> netdev if we were using newer kernels?

IMHO, checking this with a current stable, which probably you are going
to do some day, anyway, should be 100% acceptable: giving some input to
netdev, while still working for yourself.

Regards,
Jarek P.
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