Re: questions on NAPI processing latency and dropped networkpackets

From: Jarek Poplawski
Date: Tue Jan 15 2008 - 02:13:44 EST


On 14-01-2008 16:58, Chris Friesen wrote:
...
> How close to bleeding edge do we need to be for it to be considered
> acceptable to ask questions on netdev?
>
> Given that the embedded space tends to be perpetually stuck on older
> kernels (our "current" release is based on 2.6.14) do you have any
> suggestion on how we can obtain information that would be available on
> netdev if we were using newer kernels?

IMHO, checking this with a current stable, which probably you are going
to do some day, anyway, should be 100% acceptable: giving some input to
netdev, while still working for yourself.

Regards,
Jarek P.
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