netdev - Re: Multiple TX queue implementation and Batching

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Date:	Thu, 19 Jun 2008 02:21:38 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	krkumar2@...ibm.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Multiple TX queue implementation and Batching

From: Krishna Kumar2 <krkumar2@...ibm.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2008 14:47:52 +0530

> What about core networking changes? I think you were planning to
> remove a lot of stuff (device busy checks, requeue's, etc?) and
> also implement lockless code (sch_generic.c at the very least).
> Are those ready for taking an initial look?

We can't do that completely until every driver has it's TX path
converted, which isn't likely to happen so we'll have a compat
layer for a long time.

I haven't touched one line of generic code yet.  It isn't necessary
to test out all of these ideas.
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