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DateThu, 19 Sep 2002 01:11:41 -0400
FromJeff Garzik <>
SubjectRe: [PATCH] 2.4.20-pre sundance.c update
Jason Lunz wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 19, 2002 at 12:25AM -0400, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> 
>>It still has several flaws that were pointed out, but this is the base 
>>from which I would like testing and patching to proceed.  (also 
>>hopefully the flaws are minor in terms of general operation)
> 
> 
> what's the point of moving rx handling into rx_poll then running it in a
> tasklet? I've tested an older variant of that scheme from D-Link and it
> doesn't perform as well as my patch. It looks to me like an attempt to
> keep this version synced with the NAPI version of the driver, but it
> doesn't actually work very well.

This is a merge and test point.  The whole interrupt handler path is 
getting updated after this.  (but thanks for the feedback, it is noted)


> The functional part of my patch was just taking the tx handling from
> d-link's driver and ditching the rx part.  That and merging in the
> cleanups from Becker's driver; most notably ignoring the broken
> IntrRxDone bit.


Maybe you could show me that in broken-out patches :)

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