netdev - Re: Problems obtaining software TX timestamps

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Date:	Thu, 9 Sep 2010 15:57:16 +0200
From:	Richard Cochran <richardcochran@...il.com>
To:	Ingo Kofler <ikofler@....uni-klu.ac.at>
Cc:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Problems obtaining software TX timestamps

On Thu, Sep 09, 2010 at 10:26:06AM +0200, Ingo Kofler wrote:
> Thank you very much for this clarification. Are there any drawbacks
> with this approach, e.g. performance issues? Honestly, I am just
> wondering why driver developers do not add this single line if it's
> that easy....

Adding the line only tests one flag, so it is not a huge performance
hit. This fix is very recent, that is why it has not been used in MAC
drivers yet.

Richard

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