Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2005 15:53:13 +0100 From: Simon Barner <barner@gmx.de> To: Rob <spamrefuse@yahoo.com> Cc: FreeBSD Stable <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Device polling for xl(4) (was: Re: ULE status) Message-ID: <20050210145313.GG16892@zi025.glhnet.mhn.de> In-Reply-To: <20050210121347.6584.qmail@web54001.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20050210121347.6584.qmail@web54001.mail.yahoo.com>
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--YH9Qf6Fh2G5kB/85 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable [ Cc'ing Bill Paul, the author of the xl(4) driver ] > Also, as far as I understand, some extra boost comes > from using polling the devices; however, not all > devices do support this yet. >=20 > I use SMP (dual intel CPUs) with if_xl lan card, > but I can't use polling with this device. >=20 > ULE + polling would be a great performance gain, > I believe. >=20 > Any plans of extending polling support to more > devices? Are there any hidden obstacles that prevent xl(4) to be extended with polling support? Otherwise, if it's rather straightforward to do (taking a driver already supporting polling(4)), I could try it starting =66rom the end of February. But, I guess if it were so easy, somebody else would have already done it... Simon --YH9Qf6Fh2G5kB/85 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFCC3VZCkn+/eutqCoRArLOAJ47oHZu8i8N7Woo0AJB0y2leVyZbwCglxX/ QnQ/V9jCsRusD+atfAt+/U0= =4fGf -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --YH9Qf6Fh2G5kB/85--
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