netdev - Re: [RFC] New driver API to speed up small packets xmits

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Message-ID: <5640c7e00705101226j55eb439cj402db82fc687e3c3@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Fri, 11 May 2007 07:26:16 +1200
From:	"Ian McDonald" <ian.mcdonald@...di.co.nz>
To:	"Vlad Yasevich" <vladislav.yasevich@...com>
Cc:	"Rick Jones" <rick.jones2@...com>,
	"Krishna Kumar2" <krkumar2@...ibm.com>,
	"Evgeniy Polyakov" <johnpol@....mipt.ru>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC] New driver API to speed up small packets xmits

On 5/11/07, Vlad Yasevich <vladislav.yasevich@...com> wrote:
> The win might be biggest on a system were a lot of applications send a lot of
> small packets.  Some number will aggregate in the prio queue and then get shoved
> into a driver in one go.

That's assuming that the device doesn't run out of things to send first....
>
> But...  this is all conjecture until we see the code.
>
Agree

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