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

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Date:	Thu, 11 Sep 2008 09:31:09 +0400
From:	Mikhail Kshevetskiy <mikhail.kshevetskiy@...il.com>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Robert Hancock <hancockr@...w.ca>, 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 22:19:47 -0700
Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:

> 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.

How it will work, if network cable unpluged? This is quite often situation
for laptop with wifi?

> 
> > 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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