[PATCH] netpoll: fix TX queue overflow in trapped mode

2007-04-28 Thread Sergei Shtylyov
CONFIG_NETPOLL_TRAP causes the TX queue controls to be completely bypassed in the netpoll's trapped mode which easily causes overflows in the drivers with short TX queues (most notably, in 8139too with its 4-deep queue). So, make this option more sensible by making it only bypass the TX softirq

Re: [PATCH] netpoll: fix TX queue overflow in trapped mode

2007-04-28 Thread Sergei Shtylyov
On Saturday 28 April 2007 22:12, you wrote: CONFIG_NETPOLL_TRAP causes the TX queue controls to be completely bypassed in the netpoll's trapped mode which easily causes overflows in the drivers with short TX queues (most notably, in 8139too with its 4-deep queue). So, make this option more

Re: [PATCH] netpoll: fix TX queue overflow in trapped mode

2007-04-28 Thread Sergei Shtylyov
On Saturday 28 April 2007 22:52, I wrote: CONFIG_NETPOLL_TRAP causes the TX queue controls to be completely bypassed in the netpoll's trapped mode which easily causes overflows in the drivers with short TX queues (most notably, in 8139too with its 4-deep queue). So, make this option more