netdev - Re: [RFC] tulip: Support for byte queue limits

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Date:	Fri, 12 Jul 2013 06:39:45 -0700
From:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:	George Spelvin <linux@...izon.com>
Cc:	grundler@...isc-linux.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC] tulip: Support for byte queue limits

On Fri, 2013-07-12 at 09:20 -0400, George Spelvin wrote:
> The New Hotness of fq_codel wants bql support, but my WAN link is on my
> Old And Busted tulip card, which lacks it.
> 
> It's just a few lines, but the important thing is knowing where to
> put them, and I've sort of guessed.  In particular, it seems like the
> netdev_sent_queue call could be almost anywhere in tulip_start_xmit and
> I'm not sure if there are reasons to prefer any particular position.
> 
> (You may have my S-o-b on copyright grounds, but I'd like to test it
> some more before declaring this patch ready to be merged.)

Seems fine to me.

You might wait before David Miller re-opens net-next for new
submissions, a bit after linux-3.11-rc1 is released, before
sending an official patch.

Thanks




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