Subject: Re: [RFC] New driver API to speed up small packets xmits

From: Rick Jones <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 10 May 2007 13:49:44 -0700

David Miller wrote:
> From: Vlad Yasevich <[email-masked]>
> Date: Thu, 10 May 2007 15:21:30 -0400
> 
> 
>>The win might be biggest on a system were a lot of applications send
>>a lot of small packets.  Some number will aggregate in the prio
>>queue and then get shoved into a driver in one go.
>>
>>But...  this is all conjecture until we see the code.
> 
> 
> Also, whatever you gain in cpu usage you'll lose in latency.
> 
> And things sending tiny frames are exactly the ones that care about
> latency.

I'd think one would only do this in those situations/places where a natural "out 
of driver" queue develops in the first place wouldn't one?

rick jones