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Re: [RFC] [PATCH 2/3] tg3 netpoll hook

To: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [RFC] [PATCH 2/3] tg3 netpoll hook
From: Keith Owens <kaos@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 05 Oct 2003 13:16:19 +1000
Cc: Matt Mackall <mpm@xxxxxxxxxxx>, netdev@xxxxxxxxxxx, Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxx>
In-reply-to: Your message of "Sat, 04 Oct 2003 23:11:27 -0400." <3F7F8BDF.5000903@pobox.com>
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On Sat, 04 Oct 2003 23:11:27 -0400, 
Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>Matt Mackall wrote:
>> Have an opinion on s/->poll_controller/->netpoll/?
>I don't like either name, but don't have any better suggestions either, 
>besides something extremely verbose like ->process_hw_events().
>
>"poll_controller" is annoying because (a) it's way too close to NAPI, 
>but (b) it's a reasonably accurate description of what it does.
>
>I think "netpoll" is even worse...  It describes who calls it, not what 
>it does.

->polled_io ?


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