netdev - Re: [net-next.git 0/6 (V5)] stmmac: remove dead code for STMMAC

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Message-Id: <20121126.172303.1672761221381936338.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Mon, 26 Nov 2012 17:23:03 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	peppe.cavallaro@...com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, bhutchings@...arflare.com
Subject: Re: [net-next.git 0/6 (V5)] stmmac: remove dead code for
 STMMAC_TIMER and add new mitigation schema

From: Giuseppe CAVALLARO <peppe.cavallaro@...com>
Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2012 10:10:40 +0100

> These patch series remove the STMMAC_TIMER option no longer updated
> and never used and add a new mitigation schema.
> Having removed the Timer opt, this has made the driver slim.
> On top of this work, it has been easier to introduce the new
> mitigation schema based on HW RX-watchdog (available in new cores).
> In fact, 3.50 and newer cores have an HW RX-Watchdog that can be used for 
> mitigating the Rx-interrupts and first results look promising.

All applied to net-next
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