Return-path: Received: from smtp.rutgers.edu ([128.6.72.243]:45928 "EHLO annwn13.rutgers.edu" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755160AbXGCRlY (ORCPT ); Tue, 3 Jul 2007 13:41:24 -0400 From: Michael Wu To: Michael Buesch Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC] mac80211: Make stop_queues() usable Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2007 10:41:22 -0700 Cc: Jiri Benc , John Linville , linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org References: <200707022235.38791.mb@bu3sch.de> <200707031015.23890.flamingice@sourmilk.net> <200707031936.24084.mb@bu3sch.de> In-Reply-To: <200707031936.24084.mb@bu3sch.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart2499992.bYHeh6bxrL"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Message-Id: <200707031041.27895.flamingice@sourmilk.net> Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: --nextPart2499992.bYHeh6bxrL Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-15" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On Tuesday 03 July 2007 10:36, Michael Buesch wrote: > the _only_ place where it's sane to call stop_queues (to stop all queues) > is outside of the TX handler. Why would you stop all queues inside of > the TX path? isl38xx cards (p54) need the host to manage the memory that frames are copi= ed=20 to before the card transmits. If the card's memory gets filled up, all queu= es=20 need to be stopped. =2DMichael Wu --nextPart2499992.bYHeh6bxrL Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQBGiopHT3Oqt9AH4aERApj/AKCZW84lj3c+i+hgXy6VV5DXns0coACfVtta h0nBc5OPJN41Sv7hcMZQk3Q= =7/U4 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart2499992.bYHeh6bxrL-- -: To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org: More majordomo info at http: //vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html