> > > > We are thinking of sending packet in "bursts" instead of single
> > > > transfers. The only problem is to let the NIC know that there are more
> > > > than a packet in a burst...
> > >
> > > Jamal implemented exactly this for e1000 already, he might be persuaded
> > > into posting his patch here. Jamal? :)
> >
> > I guess that saying that we are _very_ interested in this might help.
> > :-)
> > We can offer as "beta-testers" as well...
>
> Sorry missed this (I wasnt CCed so it went to a low priority queue which
> i read on a best effort basis).
> Let me clean up the patches a little bit this weekend. The patch is at
> least 4 months old; latest reincarnation was due to issue1 on my SUCON
> presentation. Would a patch against latest 2.6.x bitkeeper (whatever it
> is this weekend) be fine? If you are in a rush and dont mind a little
> ugliness then i will pass them as is.
>
We'll be glad to spend some time trying this out. Please, we are not
very confortable with the linux bitkeeper maintenance method. Can we ask
you to provide us a patch to a standard kernel/driver (whatever you
prefer...)? Also a complete source sub-tree would be ok ;-)
> BTW, Scott posted a interesting patch yesterday, you may wanna give that
> a shot as well.
We're trying that out right now... (which means, that in a couple of
days, we'll try it ;-))
Thanks a lot.
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