-------- In message <5098e8b4.5040...@freebsd.org>, Andre Oppermann writes:
>> I think it should go away, and if there still is a relevant >> usage segment, be replaced by _real_ "device-polling" which is >> not tied to the network stack. > >Don't we already have the equivalent with a fast interrupt thread >that simply acknowledges and disables the interrupt [...] The point is that not all hardware have interrupt-pacing, so being able to poll at a lower rate in software would save overhead. I'm not sure if the hardware where this applies is still relevant, it would probably be mostly in the embedded space. -- Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 p...@freebsd.org | TCP/IP since RFC 956 FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence. _______________________________________________ freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
