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

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Message-Id: <20080910221947.94409642.akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Date:	Wed, 10 Sep 2008 22:19:47 -0700
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Robert Hancock <hancockr@...w.ca>
Cc:	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)

On Wed, 10 Sep 2008 22:25:03 -0600 Robert Hancock <hancockr@...w.ca> wrote:

> Enabling by 
> default and disabling after a TX done interrupt was received would 
> likely be a better approach

yup, that's far better.

> 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.

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