From: "Jeff V. Merkey" <jmerkey@vger.timpanogas.org>
To: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>
Cc: Robert Olsson <Robert.Olsson@data.slu.se>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: e1000 fixes (NAPI)
Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2002 11:30:42 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20021121113042.A31516@vger.timpanogas.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3DDD141F.4010402@pobox.com>; from jgarzik@pobox.com on Thu, Nov 21, 2002 at 12:13:03PM -0500
On Thu, Nov 21, 2002 at 12:13:03PM -0500, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> Jeff V. Merkey wrote:
>
> >
> > One other comment. Does NAPI handle the issue of refilling the RX ring
> > from interrupt? This is the source of the problem, not packet
> > delvery, which
> > is handled from a softirq handler.
>
>
>
> NAPI poll does not happen in an interrupt. Doing things in interrupts
> is the source of problems that NAPI is trying to solve.
>
> Other than that, please read the code and NAPI paper... :)
Where can I find it?
Jeff
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2002-11-21 17:21 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-11-20 19:01 Robert Olsson
2002-11-20 23:43 ` Jeff V. Merkey
2002-11-21 10:43 ` Robert Olsson
2002-11-21 18:05 ` Jeff V. Merkey
2002-11-21 18:10 ` Jeff V. Merkey
2002-11-21 17:13 ` Jeff Garzik
2002-11-21 18:30 ` Jeff V. Merkey [this message]
2002-11-21 17:31 ` Jeff Garzik
2002-11-21 22:03 ` Jeff V. Merkey
2002-11-21 1:18 Feldman, Scott
2002-11-22 10:21 Robert Olsson
2002-11-22 19:05 ` Jeff V. Merkey
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