Re: [PATCH 2.6.9-rc2 8/8] S2io: two buffer mode

[Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@xxxxxxxxx>]

Leonid Grossman wrote:
>  "fragmented SKB on Rx" is an old problem - we tried to deploy 2 and 5
> buffer Xframe modes before and it did not work in Linux. 
> Is anyone aware of any network driver that successfully uses fragmented
> SKBs?
Raghavendra Koushik wrote:
> I did try fragmented SKB on Rx but it didn't seem to work. If any one can
> give me some pointers on how to get this working, I would implement 2Buff
> mode using this method and avoid a copy in fast path.


My suggestion would be to investigate why fragmented SKBs don't work ;-)

The source code is all there, debug away...

If S2IO can fix this, a lot of people will benefit.

        Jeff