Hi! On 11:05 Fri 04 Sep , JiSheng Zhang wrote: > hi, > > 2009/9/3 Michael Blizek <michi1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > > Hi! > > > > On 15:47 Thu 03 Sep , JiSheng Zhang wrote: > >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > >> From: JiSheng Zhang <jszhang3@xxxxxxxxx> > >> Date: 2009/9/3 > >> Subject: disable_irq in ndo_poll_controller > >> To: netdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ... > >> 3.program nicard's register > > > > My guess without knowing or having looked at the driver is that it might > > tell the device to stop sending interrupts. Instead the device may be polled > > if there is work to do. This reduces the load if the device would otherwise > > send lots of interrupts. > > > > Do you mix up poll_controller in netconsole and poll in NAPI? Huh? I do not really know what you mean by this question. I have not looked at the driver, but an interrupt register in a device sounds like interrupt mitigation or something like this (e.g. not turning off the interrupts on the local CPU). -Michi -- programing a layer 3+4 network protocol for mesh networks see http://michaelblizek.twilightparadox.com -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ
