Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 08 Feb 2001 22:43:47 +0100 | From | Manfred Spraul <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] starfire reads irq before pci_enable_device. |
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Ion Badulescu wrote: > > > > +#if defined(__ia64__) || defined(__alpha__) > > > +#define PKT_SHOULD_COPY(pkt_len) 1 > > > +#else > > > +#define PKT_SHOULD_COPY(pkt_len) (pkt_len < rx_copybreak) > > > +#endif > > > [snip] > > It's not *required* per se, as far as I know both the Alpha and IA64 have > handlers for unaligned access traps. *However*, copying each packet is > definitely better than taking an exception for each packet! >
What about changing the default for rx_copybreak instead? Set it to 1536 on ia64 and Alpha, 0 for the rest. tulip and eepro100 use that aproach.
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