On 06/09/07, Andrew Gallatin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm porting a GLDv2 driver to v3, and I'm a bit confused > about the mac_blank_t function (and the resources stuff > in general): > > typedef void (*mac_blank_t)(void *, time_t, uint_t); >
This function was designed heavily around the bge driver. The BCM h/w can coalesce based on a time and/or packet count. It's called directly by the IP stack to quiesce h/w when an squeue has backed up; which is pretty rare in practice if you're running a decent CPU. Paul -- Paul Durrant http://www.linkedin.com/in/pdurrant _______________________________________________ networking-discuss mailing list [email protected]
