netdev - Re: [net-next PATCH 0/3] qlge: Performance changes for qlge.

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Message-Id: <20100106.203053.149144229.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Wed, 06 Jan 2010 20:30:53 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	ron.mercer@...gic.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [net-next PATCH 0/3] qlge: Performance changes for qlge.

From: Ron Mercer <ron.mercer@...gic.com>
Date: Sat,  2 Jan 2010 12:37:41 -0800

> 
> Currently qlge splits headers into a separate buffer so they can
> be re-aligned on a 2-byte boundary.  This is done to avoid
> exceptions thrown on certain platforms when headers are processed.
> To avoid the overhead of re-aligning headers, we turn on the split 
> header/realign configuration only when the platform requires it.
> This allows usage of the gro-frags interface on platforms that do
> not require 32 bit aligned headers.

All applied to net-next-2.6, thanks Ron.
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