| 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> |
| Sender: | netdev-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxx |
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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