From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S266295AbUGAVgP (ORCPT ); Thu, 1 Jul 2004 17:36:15 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S266305AbUGAVgO (ORCPT ); Thu, 1 Jul 2004 17:36:14 -0400 Received: from hermes.fachschaften.tu-muenchen.de ([129.187.202.12]:17130 "HELO hermes.fachschaften.tu-muenchen.de") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S266295AbUGAVfk (ORCPT ); Thu, 1 Jul 2004 17:35:40 -0400 Date: Thu, 1 Jul 2004 23:35:30 +0200 From: Adrian Bunk To: Andrew Morton , jgarzik@pobox.com Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-net@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [patch] 2.6.7-mm5: R8169_NAPI help text Message-ID: <20040701213529.GW24147@fs.tum.de> References: <20040630172656.6949ec60.akpm@osdl.org> <20040701213029.GV24147@fs.tum.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040701213029.GV24147@fs.tum.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Jul 01, 2004 at 11:30:29PM +0200, Adrian Bunk wrote: > On Wed, Jun 30, 2004 at 05:26:56PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote: > >... > > -r8169_napi-help-text.patch > > > > This broke > >... >... Sorry, wrong patch. Correct patch below. cu Adrian Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk --- linux-2.6.7-mm5-full/drivers/net/Kconfig.old 2004-07-01 23:24:49.000000000 +0200 +++ linux-2.6.7-mm5-full/drivers/net/Kconfig 2004-07-01 23:31:52.000000000 +0200 @@ -2008,8 +2008,20 @@ config R8169_NAPI bool "Use Rx and Tx Polling (NAPI) (EXPERIMENTAL)" - depends on R8169 && EXPERIMENTAL + depends on R8169 && EXPERIMENTAL + help + NAPI is a new driver API designed to reduce CPU and interrupt load + when the driver is receiving lots of packets from the card. It is + still somewhat experimental and thus not yet enabled by default. + + If your estimated Rx load is 10kpps or more, or if the card will be + deployed on potentially unfriendly networks (e.g. in a firewall), + then say Y here. + + See for more + information. + If in doubt, say N. config SK98LIN tristate "Marvell Yukon Chipset / SysKonnect SK-98xx Support"