Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 18 Oct 2007 08:25:01 -0700 | From | Stephen Hemminger <> | Subject | Re: [RFC] remove netpoll receive code |
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On Thu, 18 Oct 2007 00:02:44 -0700 Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> wrote:
> On Wed, 17 Oct 2007 23:28:38 -0700 (PDT) David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> wrote: > > > From: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@linux-foundation.org> > > Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2007 13:21:31 -0700 > > > > > I propose that we take out all the whole netpoll rx path. If/when > > > kgdb gets submitted a better and alternative receive path can be > > > added. > > > > I would like to kill the RX side handling of netpoll too, > > but I don't think that's reasonable as kgdb is actively > > being pushed for 2.6.25 inclusion. > > > > Andrew is likely to add it to his -mm tree soon and therefore kgdb > > will need to work properly now. > > git-kgdb.patch has been in there for ages - maybe a year. Although I > disabled it a week or so ago due to the sheer number of rejects. Will > bring it back when things settle down a bit. > > > The RX netpoll thing has a long precedence, it's been in the tree for > > a long time, so we are in some ways stuck with it until we have a > > complete replacement facility. That means we can't yank it out first > > and implement the replacement later.
How about I work on a better/alternative receive path for kgdb that can be applied after kgdb is included. Kgdb could actually be useful for me :-)
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