From: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxx> Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2006 21:50:00 -0700 > On Fri, 22 Sep 2006 10:10:36 -0700 > Auke Kok <auke-jan.h.kok@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > e1000: account for NET_IP_ALIGN when calculating bufsiz > > > > Account for NET_IP_ALIGN when requesting buffer sizes from netdev_alloc_skb to > > reduce slab allocation by half. > > Could we please do whatever is needed to get this blessed and merged? This > is such a common problem on such a common driver that I would suggest that > we want this in 2.6.18.x as well. At least, I'd expect distributors to > ship this fix (they're nuts if they don't) and so it makes sense to deliver > it from kernel.org. The NET_IP_ALIGN existed not just for fun :) There are ramifications for removing it. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-net" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
