> So, there just hasn't been a real need so far. If interrupt overhead > becomes an issue, my first step would be to start programming the > interrupt coalescing hardware that comes in modern SATA controllers. Another factor is queue sizes. You don't get 1024 entry queues on your typical disk controller and that makes NAPI type stuff less viable, and sensible IRQ colaescing on the card more sane. Alan PS: Jeff - if you want stuff from -mm and it's got cross dependancies, clashes just ask me for "patch xyz versus libata head" and I'll sort it out - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ide" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
