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Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2007 03:10:11 +0000 From: Ralf Baechle <ralf@...ux-mips.org> To: Don Fry <pcnet32@...izon.net> Cc: jgarzik@...ox.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] pcnet32: only allocate init_block dma consistent On Tue, Mar 06, 2007 at 10:45:23AM -0800, Don Fry wrote: > The patch below moves the init_block out of the private struct and > only allocates init block with pci_alloc_consistent. > > This has two effects: > > 1. Performance increase for non cache coherent machines, because the > CPU only data in the private struct are now cached This small change btw. delivers about ~ 3% extra performance on a very slow test system. Ralf - 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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