netdev - Re: [PATCH v5] net: ethernet: add driver for Aurora VLSI NB8800 Ethernet controller

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Message-ID: <yw1xwptood3n.fsf@unicorn.mansr.com>
Date:	Wed, 11 Nov 2015 13:54:52 +0000
From:	Måns Rullgård <mans@...sr.com>
To:	Mason <slash.tmp@...e.fr>
Cc:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5] net: ethernet: add driver for Aurora VLSI NB8800 Ethernet controller

Mason <slash.tmp@...e.fr> writes:

> On 10/11/2015 22:51, Eric Dumazet wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 2015-11-10 at 21:21 +0000, Måns Rullgård wrote:
>> 
>>> Even ixgbe uses napi_complete() while netdevice.h says one should
>>> "consider using napi_complete_done() instead."  Did the author consider
>>> it and decide not to, or has the driver simply not been updated?
>> 
>> napi_complete_done() is quite new, very few drivers use it.
>
> I was hoping to back-port this driver for my platform. Are the recent
> features used in the driver available in 4.1? What about 3.14?

xmit_more was added in 3.18, napi_complete_done() in 3.19.

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Måns Rullgård
mans@...sr.com
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