From: Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@solarflare.com>
To: Rob Herring <robherring2@gmail.com>
Cc: <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>, <netdev@vger.kernel.org>,
<jonathan@jonmasters.org>, <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>,
Mark Langsdorf <mark.langsdorf@calxeda.com>,
Rob Herring <rob.herring@calxeda.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/6] net: calxedaxgmac: rework transmit ring handling
Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2012 17:28:52 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1350059332.2819.18.camel@bwh-desktop.uk.solarflarecom.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1350054908-30646-6-git-send-email-robherring2@gmail.com>
On Fri, 2012-10-12 at 10:15 -0500, Rob Herring wrote:
> From: Rob Herring <rob.herring@calxeda.com>
>
> Only generate tx interrupts on every ring size / 4 descriptors. Move the
> netif_stop_queue call to the end of the xmit function rather than
> checking at the beginning.
[...]
The hardware should also interrupt if the TX ring becomes empty; does it
do that?
Ben.
--
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-10-12 16:28 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-10-12 15:15 [PATCH 0/6] Calxeda xgmac performance fixes Rob Herring
2012-10-12 15:15 ` [PATCH 1/6] net: calxedaxgmac: enable operate on 2nd frame mode Rob Herring
2012-10-12 15:15 ` [PATCH 2/6] net: calxedaxgmac: remove explicit rx dma buffer polling Rob Herring
2012-10-12 15:15 ` [PATCH 3/6] net: calxedaxgmac: use relaxed i/o accessors in rx and tx paths Rob Herring
2012-10-12 15:15 ` [PATCH 4/6] net: calxedaxgmac: drop some unnecessary register writes Rob Herring
2012-10-12 15:15 ` [PATCH 5/6] net: calxedaxgmac: rework transmit ring handling Rob Herring
2012-10-12 16:28 ` Ben Hutchings [this message]
2012-10-12 17:01 ` Rob Herring
2012-10-12 18:04 ` [PATCH v2] " Rob Herring
2012-10-12 18:30 ` Eric Dumazet
2012-10-12 20:21 ` Rob Herring
2012-10-12 15:15 ` [PATCH 6/6] net: calxedaxgmac: ip align receive buffers Rob Herring
2012-10-29 17:52 ` [PATCH 0/6] Calxeda xgmac performance fixes Rob Herring
2012-10-29 18:06 ` David Miller
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