On Thu, 2012-04-26 at 17:05 -0700, prasanna.panchamu...@riverbed.com wrote: > From: Prasanna S. Panchamukhi <ppanchamu...@riverbed.com> > > Following logs where seen on Systems with multiple NICs & ports, > while using MSI interrupts as shown below: [...] > This patch changes the IRQ tests to use polling loops starting with a > delay of 1 tick and doubling that if necessary up to a maximum total > delay of approximately 1 second. [...]
I don't think you entirely understood my point. This exponential back-off was the best I could come up with for a self-test (ethtool -t) where we have to answer the question 'are interrupts working' in a reasonable time, and the user can decide for themselves whether this was a false negative. If you want a definite answer in order to make an automatic decision about interrupt modes, there really is no valid time limit. I think the proper way to do interrupt mode selection in an in-tree driver is to rely on no-MSI quirks for chipsets and devices in the PCI core. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings, Staff Engineer, Solarflare Not speaking for my employer; that's the marketing department's job. They asked us to note that Solarflare product names are trademarked. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ E1000-devel mailing list E1000-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/e1000-devel To learn more about Intel® Ethernet, visit http://communities.intel.com/community/wired
