linux-kernel - Re: forcedeth: option to disable 100Hz timer (try 2)

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Message-ID: <20080911201420.2757a723@the-village.bc.nu>
Date:	Thu, 11 Sep 2008 20:14:20 +0100
From:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Robert Hancock <hancockr@...w.ca>, mikhail.kshevetskiy@...il.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, aabdulla@...dia.com,
	jgarzik@...ox.com
Subject: Re: forcedeth: option to disable 100Hz timer (try 2)

> > But it's quite likely that at least some of the 
> > chipsets that this driver supports don't need this timer nonsense at all
> 
> Well yes.  If all the chipsets need the timer then there's nothing we
> can do to improve it.

Surely you only need the timer running when transmits are active and
sufficient transmits to make it worth recovering the queued memory ?
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