Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756792AbYFZFz7 (ORCPT ); Thu, 26 Jun 2008 01:55:59 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753385AbYFZFzv (ORCPT ); Thu, 26 Jun 2008 01:55:51 -0400 Received: from 74-93-104-97-Washington.hfc.comcastbusiness.net ([74.93.104.97]:58046 "EHLO sunset.davemloft.net" rhost-flags-OK-FAIL-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752209AbYFZFzu (ORCPT ); Thu, 26 Jun 2008 01:55:50 -0400 Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2008 22:55:50 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <20080625.225550.199765051.davem@davemloft.net> To: shemminger@vyatta.com Cc: Jie.Yang@Atheros.com, jeff@garzik.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.6.25.3 1/5] atl1e: Atheros L1E Gigabit Ethernet driver From: David Miller In-Reply-To: <20080625224829.3c6f4789@extreme> References: <72981EBCFD196144B7C6999B9FC34A9A3EE603B863@SHEXMB-01.global.atheros.com> <20080625224829.3c6f4789@extreme> X-Mailer: Mew version 5.2 on Emacs 22.1 / 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 List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 656 Lines: 16 From: Stephen Hemminger Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2008 22:48:29 -0700 > I would prefer that the driver be NAPI only, because configuration > choices are hard for users and distribution to make correct > choice. Plus it means two choices for your QA to test. I agree with Stephen. It's absolutely to provide a non-NAPI option, please just remove the option and the conditionals from the code. -- 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/