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SubjectRe: e1000 fixes (NAPI)
On Thu, Nov 21, 2002 at 12:13:03PM -0500, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> Jeff V. Merkey wrote:
>
> >
> > One other comment. Does NAPI handle the issue of refilling the RX ring
> > from interrupt? This is the source of the problem, not packet
> > delvery, which
> > is handled from a softirq handler.
>
>
>
> NAPI poll does not happen in an interrupt. Doing things in interrupts
> is the source of problems that NAPI is trying to solve.
>
> Other than that, please read the code and NAPI paper... :)



Where can I find it?

Jeff

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