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Re: [PATCH 2/2] ath9k: implement set_coalesce callback

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On Sun, 2015-11-22 at 20:12 -0800, Olav Haugan wrote:
> On 15-10-30 11:00:51, Johannes Berg wrote:
> > On Sat, 2015-10-24 at 11:50 -0700, Olav Haugan wrote:
> > > implement set_coalesce ieee80211_ops callback. Add default
> > > wiphy_coalesce_support rules for 9k. These rules are not being
> > > used 
> > > by 9k since 9k can just toggle coalesce as on/off.
> > > 
> > This seems extremely strange to me - like you're trying to abuse
> > set_coalesce, intended for coalescing certain classes of low-
> > importance
> > packets, for a completely different purpose (interrupt coalescing)?
> > 
> Hmm, yes. We misunderstood how this API is used. Do you have any
> suggestion for how to accomplish what we are trying to do? We can't
> just add a new public user space API for this functionality.

ethtool usually has interrupt coalescing parameters.

johannes
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