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Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2007 07:21:21 -0800 (PST)
From: David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To: shemminger@...ux-foundation.org
Cc: joonwpark81@...il.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, jgarzik@...ox.com,
baum@...utinetworks.net, andy@...yhouse.net
Subject: Re: [RFC] net: napi fix
From: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...ux-foundation.org>
Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2007 21:46:34 -0800
> Isn't this a better fix for all drivers, rather than peppering every
> driver with the special case. This is how the logic worked up until
> 2.6.24.
Stephen this is not the problem.
The problem is that the driver is doing a NAPI completion and
re-enabling chip interrupts with work_done == weight, and that is
illegal.
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