netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] docs: networking: document NAPI

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Date:   Wed, 22 Mar 2023 20:44:00 -0400
From:   Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@...atatu.com>
To:     Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
Cc:     Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, davem@...emloft.net,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, edumazet@...gle.com, pabeni@...hat.com,
        jesse.brandeburg@...el.com, anthony.l.nguyen@...el.com,
        corbet@....net, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] docs: networking: document NAPI

On Wed, Mar 15, 2023 at 9:38 PM Stephen Hemminger
<stephen@...workplumber.org> wrote:
>
> On Wed, 15 Mar 2023 15:30:44 -0700
> Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org> wrote:
>
> > Add basic documentation about NAPI. We can stop linking to the ancient
> > doc on the LF wiki.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
> > ---
> > CC: jesse.brandeburg@...el.com
> > CC: anthony.l.nguyen@...el.com
> > CC: corbet@....net
> > CC: linux-doc@...r.kernel.org
>
> Older pre LF wiki NAPI docs still survive here
> https://lwn.net/2002/0321/a/napi-howto.php3

Feel free to use that doc or excerpts under whatever licence you want.
Other references:
https://www.usenix.org/legacy/publications/library/proceedings/als01/full_papers/jamal/jamal.pdf
(good reference for most excellent diagrams!)
And some musings (still relevant today):
http://ftp.dei.uc.pt/pub/linux/kernel/people/hadi/docs/UKUUG2005.pdf

cheers,
jamal