Re: RFC: new ifnet MP-scalable sending interface

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Subject: Re: RFC: new ifnet MP-scalable sending interface
From: Joerg Sonnenberger <joerg%bec.de@localhost>
Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2016 16:17:22 +0200

On Mon, Apr 25, 2016 at 01:48:40PM +0900, Kengo NAKAHARA wrote:
> > Most noticably, it can be used to avoid
> > ever getting TXEOF interrupts while the device is actively being used.
> 
> Hmm, do you mean so-called "poll-mode"?

No, poll mode would be mostly for the RX side. This is more about
pushing packets to the hardware as soon as possible, not waiting for the
next interrupt to queue more stuff.

Joerg

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