Subject: Re: Fw: [BUG/PATCH] CONFIG_NET_HW_FLOWCONTROL and SMP

From: Jeff Garzik <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 02 Oct 2003 13:47:40 -0400

Robert Olsson wrote:
> 
> Jeff Garzik writes:
>  > 
>  > If someone had a NAPI patch for tulip, we could remove HW_FLOWCONTROL 
>  > option altogether :)
> 
> Hello!
> Here is something for 2.6.0-test6:
> 
> * ifdef's to keep current non-NAPI tulip intact
> 
> * Port based on Alexey's orig NAPI tulip design
>   (Only RX handled by dev->poll)
> 
> * tulip HW_FLOW removed
> 
> * NAPI and HW-mitigation options in Kconfig

Looks great to me.  I'll give it some testing here, and 99% likely will 
apply it.

Andrew, would you be willing to merge this into -mm for some 
simultaneous netwide testing?

FWIW, I seem to recall that the older NAPI patch you sent didn't apply 
for some reason.  But forget about that, this one looks good.

	Jeff