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| author | Roger Luethi <rl@hellgate.ch> | 2006-08-14 23:00:17 -0700 |
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| committer | Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org> | 2006-08-19 17:44:29 -0400 |
| commit | 633949a145df19d6d338b0f227f033a0a1c5562a (patch) | |
| tree | d000e88532f0420eeb42c2525ae3a8d44818a29f /drivers/net/Kconfig | |
| parent | a4d09272480e57cd4aa1156cac7aba9b08885bf9 (diff) | |
[PATCH] via-rhine: NAPI support
Add NAPI support to the via-rhine driver so that it can handle higher
speeds and doesn't get overloaded by interrupts as easily.
Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Roger Luethi <rl@hellgate.ch>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/net/Kconfig')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/net/Kconfig | 14 |
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/Kconfig b/drivers/net/Kconfig index ea1796e767b..30b3671d833 100644 --- a/drivers/net/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/net/Kconfig @@ -1724,6 +1724,20 @@ config VIA_RHINE_MMIO If unsure, say Y. +config VIA_RHINE_NAPI + bool "Use Rx Polling (NAPI)" + depends on VIA_RHINE + help + NAPI is a new driver API designed to reduce CPU and interrupt load + when the driver is receiving lots of packets from the card. + + If your estimated Rx load is 10kpps or more, or if the card will be + deployed on potentially unfriendly networks (e.g. in a firewall), + then say Y here. + + See <file:Documentation/networking/NAPI_HOWTO.txt> for more + information. + config LAN_SAA9730 bool "Philips SAA9730 Ethernet support (EXPERIMENTAL)" depends on NET_PCI && EXPERIMENTAL && MIPS |