Eric Dumazet <eric.duma...@gmail.com> : [...] > One has to wonder why rtl8169_poll(), which might be called in a loop under > DOS, > has to call rtl_ack_events() ?
So as to cover a wider temporal range before any event can trigger an extra irq. I was more worried about irq cost than about IO cost (and I still am). -- Ueimor