[patch 0/2] qeth patches for 2.6.23

2007-07-12 Thread Ursula . Braun . braunu
-- two qeth patches for 2.6.23: - scatter-gather patch improves handling of large incoming packets - barrier patch is required due to a recent removal of 'volatile' from atomic_t in include/asm-s390/atomic.h - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a mes

[patch 1/2] s390: scatter-gather for inbound traffic in qeth driver

2007-07-12 Thread Ursula . Braun . braunu
From: Frank Blaschka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For large incoming packets > PAGE_SIZE/2 qeth creates a fragmented skb by adding pointers to qdio pages to the fragment list of the skb. This avoids allocating big chunks of consecutive memory. Also copying data from the qdio buffer to the skb is economized

[patch 2/2] s390: add barriers to qeth driver

2007-07-12 Thread Ursula . Braun . braunu
From: Frank Blaschka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Add barrier to loop where atomic variable is evaluated. Signed-off-by: Frank Blaschka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Signed-off-by: Ursula Braun <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Signed-off-by: Frank Pavlic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- drivers/s390/net/qeth_main.c |1 + 1 files c