Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.6.9-rc2 8/8] S2io: two buffer mode

From: Jeff Garzik <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 15 Oct 2004 14:47:24 -0400

Leonid Grossman wrote:
>  "fragmented SKB on Rx" is an old problem - we tried to deploy 2 and 5
> buffer Xframe modes before and it did not work in Linux. 
> Is anyone aware of any network driver that successfully uses fragmented
> SKBs?

Raghavendra Koushik wrote:
> I did try fragmented SKB on Rx but it didn't seem to work. If any one can
> give me some pointers on how to get this working, I would implement 2Buff
> mode using this method and avoid a copy in fast path.

My suggestion would be to investigate why fragmented SKBs don't work ;-)

The source code is all there, debug away...

If S2IO can fix this, a lot of people will benefit.

	Jeff