netdev - Re: [PATCH] Fix Tsi108 ethernet driver performance

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Message-ID: <469BF0D6.5000601@garzik.org>
Date:	Mon, 16 Jul 2007 18:27:34 -0400
From:	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>
To:	Alexandre Bounine <Alexandre.Bounine@...dra.com>
CC:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linuxppc-dev@...abs.org,
	Zang Roy-r61911 <tie-fei.zang@...escale.com>,
	Josh Boyer <jwboyer@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fix Tsi108 ethernet driver performance

Alexandre Bounine wrote:
> From: Alexandre Bounine <alexandreb@...dra.com>
> 
> This patch improves performance of the Tsi108 Ethernet driver by
> changing interrupt handling for frame receive path. It reduces number of
> interrupts generated for received frames and therefore lowers CPU
> utilization by the device driver.
>    
> Signed-off-by: Alexandre Bounine <alexandreb@...dra.com>

Look into NAPI...


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