netdev - Re: [PATCH] TX_RING and packet mmap

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Date:	Tue, 21 Apr 2009 16:43:16 -0400 (EDT)
From:	Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux.com>
To:	Johann Baudy <johann.baudy@...-log.net>
cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, Evgeniy Polyakov <zbr@...emap.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] TX_RING and packet mmap

On Tue, 21 Apr 2009, Johann Baudy wrote:

> >> Could you clean then states up a bit to reflect what they actually mean?
> >>
> >> TP_STATUS_AVAILABLE             => Frame is available
> >> TP_STATUS_SEND_REQUEST          => Frame waits for sending
> >> TP_STATUS_SENDING               => Frame is being sent.
> >
> > Ok
>
> Do you suggest to replace previous TP_STATUS_KERNEL with TP_STATUS_AVAILABLE?
> or Add a new status?

Well yes. But I guess you know best what to call them. Just make them
more decriptive of their function.