netdev - RE: [PATCH 2/3][NET_BATCH] net core use batching

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Message-ID: <D5C1322C3E673F459512FB59E0DDC32903C08245@orsmsx414.amr.corp.intel.com>
Date:	Tue, 9 Oct 2007 12:07:25 -0700
From:	"Waskiewicz Jr, Peter P" <peter.p.waskiewicz.jr@...el.com>
To:	"Jeff Garzik" <jeff@...zik.org>
Cc:	"David Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, <hadi@...erus.ca>,
	<krkumar2@...ibm.com>, <johnpol@....mipt.ru>,
	<herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>, <kaber@...sh.net>,
	<shemminger@...ux-foundation.org>, <jagana@...ibm.com>,
	<Robert.Olsson@...a.slu.se>, <rick.jones2@...com>,
	<xma@...ibm.com>, <gaagaan@...il.com>, <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	<rdreier@...co.com>, <mcarlson@...adcom.com>, <mchan@...adcom.com>,
	<general@...ts.openfabrics.org>, <tgraf@...g.ch>,
	<randy.dunlap@...cle.com>, <sri@...ibm.com>
Subject: RE: [PATCH 2/3][NET_BATCH] net core use batching

> A misunderstanding, I think.
> 
> To my brain, DaveM's item #2 seemed to assume/require the NIC 
> hardware to balance fairly across hw TX rings, which seemed 
> to preclude the
> 8139cp/tg3 style of strict-prio hardware.  That's what I was 
> responding to.
> 
> As long as there is some modular way to fit 8139cp/tg3 style 
> multi-TX into our universe, I'm happy :)

Ah hah.  Yes, a misunderstanding on my part.  Thanks for the
clarification.  Methinks more caffeine is required for today...

-PJ
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