On Wed, 30 Jun 2004 13:41:03 +0200, adam f wrote: > Hello, > > I would like to ask for EXACT meaning of executing tx_interrupt (for example > rtl8139_tx_interrupt). > > What it means that kernel executed tx_interrupt for some packet(s), is this: > > a) packet has been sent out from NIC (meaning: last bit of that packet had > disapeared from output NIC already) > > b) packet has been successfuly sent (enqueued) to NIC buffer from kernel > memory (so it is ready for transmission..) This function is called once the NIC has a status to report regarding one or more packets. If you looked at said function, you would see that the NIC is indicating whatever happened to the packet it was supposed to send. Usually it was sent, sometimes there was an error. Roger - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-net" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
