Re: [PATCH 3/4] ath5k: define ath_common ops

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On Fri, Sep 11, 2009 at 3:23 AM, Luis R. Rodriguez
<lrodriguez@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> ath9k/ath9k/ath9k_htc. But -- is there really is a measurable cost
> penalty?
>
> This is why I asked if someone can test and give measurable
> differences over this. If there really isn't then that's not strong
> point against it.

Honestly, it probably won't matter in the grand scheme of things, but I
think if you are proposing a patch that touches every hotpath in two
drivers, then you need to do the work to say "by the way, this has benefit
X which outweighs the very small (or absent) performance regression Y,
and here are the numbers.

-- 
Bob Copeland %% www.bobcopeland.com
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