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diff --git a/Documentation/networking/NAPI_HOWTO.txt b/Documentation/networking/NAPI_HOWTO.txt index c300f26a2772..fb6e49cd41f4 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/NAPI_HOWTO.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/NAPI_HOWTO.txt | |||
@@ -601,7 +601,7 @@ a) | |||
601 | 601 | ||
602 | 5) dev->close() and dev->suspend() issues | 602 | 5) dev->close() and dev->suspend() issues |
603 | ========================================== | 603 | ========================================== |
604 | The driver writter neednt worry about this. The top net layer takes | 604 | The driver writer needn't worry about this; the top net layer takes |
605 | care of it. | 605 | care of it. |
606 | 606 | ||
607 | 6) Adding new Stats to /proc | 607 | 6) Adding new Stats to /proc |
@@ -622,9 +622,9 @@ FC should be programmed to apply in the case when the system cant pull out | |||
622 | packets fast enough i.e send a pause only when you run out of rx buffers. | 622 | packets fast enough i.e send a pause only when you run out of rx buffers. |
623 | Note FC in itself is a good solution but we have found it to not be | 623 | Note FC in itself is a good solution but we have found it to not be |
624 | much of a commodity feature (both in NICs and switches) and hence falls | 624 | much of a commodity feature (both in NICs and switches) and hence falls |
625 | under the same category as using NIC based mitigation. Also experiments | 625 | under the same category as using NIC based mitigation. Also, experiments |
626 | indicate that its much harder to resolve the resource allocation | 626 | indicate that it's much harder to resolve the resource allocation |
627 | issue (aka lazy receiving that NAPI offers) and hence quantify its usefullness | 627 | issue (aka lazy receiving that NAPI offers) and hence quantify its usefulness |
628 | proved harder. In any case, FC works even better with NAPI but is not | 628 | proved harder. In any case, FC works even better with NAPI but is not |
629 | necessary. | 629 | necessary. |
630 | 630 | ||