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Date: Sat, 3 Mar 2007 13:33:40 +0100 From: Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org> To: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org> Cc: Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>, Jan-Bernd Themann <ossthema@...ibm.com>, Thomas Klein <tklein@...ibm.com>, Jan-Bernd Themann <themann@...ibm.com>, netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, linux-ppc <linuxppc-dev@...abs.org>, Christoph Raisch <raisch@...ibm.com>, Marcus Eder <meder@...ibm.com>, Stefan Roscher <stefan.roscher@...ibm.com> Subject: Re: [PATCH] ehea: Optional TX/RX path optimized for SMP On Sat, Mar 03, 2007 at 09:28:28AM +0100, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote: > On Sat, 2007-03-03 at 04:06 +0100, Andi Kleen wrote: > > Jan-Bernd Themann <ossthema@...ibm.com> writes: > > > > > > Are there any concerns about this approach? > > > > Yes. You should fix the NAPI code instead of trying to work > > around it. > > NAPI is being fixed but the fix will take time to get in. In the > meantime, the solution to get something working is the workaround If it works right now with just a little less efficiency there is no pressing need to do workarounds until the real solution. Besides I doubt that patch would have made .21 anyways and in .22 you might already have multiqueue NAPI. -Andi - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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