Re: eepro100 woes -> linux memory issue

From: Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Date: Fri Sep 08 2000 - 03:28:04 EST


> >The mark_bh is already there. it sounds ot me like you are changing timing
> >patterns by causing a cpu stall on the memory bus
>
> No, its not.

The mark_bh is already there. Its in netif_rx. You are causing additional delays
by causing a stall on the memory bus with the mark_bh.

> 1) Set up a box with an eepro100 as a second card and modify the driver by
> simply replacing netif_rx() with kfree_skb(). My system is a 200Mhz Pentium

You've changed the timing patterns.

Alan

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