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SubjectRe: [RFC] QoS power example / hack
The following patch is a bit of a hack to illustrate how the qos
parameter infrastructure can communication information to the e1000
driver to use to set interrupt consolidation policy as a function of
acceptable network latency.

Its just an example.


Signed-off-by: Mark Gross <mgross@linux.intel.com>

diff -urN -X linux-2.6.23-rc8/Documentation/dontdiff linux-2.6.23-rc8-qos-nolatency.c/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_main.c linux-2.6.23-rc8-qos-apps/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_main.c
--- linux-2.6.23-rc8-qos-nolatency.c/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_main.c 2007-09-26 13:54:33.000000000 -0700
+++ linux-2.6.23-rc8-qos-apps/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_main.c 2007-09-26 15:00:17.000000000 -0700
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
*******************************************************************************/

#include "e1000.h"
+#include <linux/qos_params.h>
#include <net/ip6_checksum.h>

char e1000_driver_name[] = "e1000";
@@ -2764,6 +2765,7 @@
{
unsigned int retval = itr_setting;
struct e1000_hw *hw = &adapter->hw;
+ int requested_latency = qos_requirement(QOS_NETWORK_LATENCY);

if (unlikely(hw->mac_type < e1000_82540))
goto update_itr_done;
@@ -2803,6 +2805,13 @@
break;
}

+ if (requested_latency < 50)
+ retval = lowest_latency;
+ else if (requested_latency < 250)
+ retval = low_latency;
+ else
+ ; //don't change the current algorithm
+
update_itr_done:
return retval;
}
-
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