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| author | Jesse Brandeburg <jesse.brandeburg@intel.com> | 2008-07-08 18:53:04 -0400 |
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| committer | Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@redhat.com> | 2008-07-11 01:20:30 -0400 |
| commit | 6d37ab282e246f3cb5b4b975ecc5e8303ba5da82 (patch) | |
| tree | d3ba52c9c065a0f69e54130b4dea1ba6469b842a /drivers/net/Kconfig | |
| parent | 2c21fc6e3a1150a1fa8c09b0f8ae0b796fb5039f (diff) | |
ixgb: make NAPI the only option and the default
network maintainers suggest NAPI only drivers are the only way to go.
Signed-off-by: Jesse Brandeburg <jesse.brandeburg@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@redhat.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/net/Kconfig')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/net/Kconfig | 14 |
1 files changed, 0 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/Kconfig b/drivers/net/Kconfig index 9b98714889b..21414177ee1 100644 --- a/drivers/net/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/net/Kconfig | |||
| @@ -2430,20 +2430,6 @@ config IXGB | |||
| 2430 | To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module | 2430 | To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module |
| 2431 | will be called ixgb. | 2431 | will be called ixgb. |
| 2432 | 2432 | ||
| 2433 | config IXGB_NAPI | ||
| 2434 | bool "Use Rx Polling (NAPI) (EXPERIMENTAL)" | ||
| 2435 | depends on IXGB && EXPERIMENTAL | ||
| 2436 | help | ||
| 2437 | NAPI is a new driver API designed to reduce CPU and interrupt load | ||
| 2438 | when the driver is receiving lots of packets from the card. It is | ||
| 2439 | still somewhat experimental and thus not yet enabled by default. | ||
| 2440 | |||
| 2441 | If your estimated Rx load is 10kpps or more, or if the card will be | ||
| 2442 | deployed on potentially unfriendly networks (e.g. in a firewall), | ||
| 2443 | then say Y here. | ||
| 2444 | |||
| 2445 | If in doubt, say N. | ||
| 2446 | |||
| 2447 | config S2IO | 2433 | config S2IO |
| 2448 | tristate "S2IO 10Gbe XFrame NIC" | 2434 | tristate "S2IO 10Gbe XFrame NIC" |
| 2449 | depends on PCI | 2435 | depends on PCI |
