netdev - Re: Multiple TX queue implementation and Batching

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Date:	Thu, 19 Jun 2008 14:47:52 +0530
From:	Krishna Kumar2 <krkumar2@...ibm.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Multiple TX queue implementation and Batching

Hi Dave,

David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> wrote on 06/19/2008 02:40:39 PM:

> Right now I'm just hacking drivers in preparation for this, so
> that the transmit queueing is seperated from the location
> in the driver where this actually occurs.
>
> I'll post a set of tg3 driver patches once I'm done debugging
> things.

What about core networking changes? I think you were planning to
remove a lot of stuff (device busy checks, requeue's, etc?) and
also implement lockless code (sch_generic.c at the very least).
Are those ready for taking an initial look?

Thanks,

- KK

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