> If you have braindead slow hardware,
> there is nothing that says your start_xmit routine can't do its own
> coalescing. The cost of calling the transmit routine is the
responsibility
> of the driver, not the core network code.
Yes, except you very likely run the risk of the driver introducing
latency. The problem is prevalent enough that one can argue for a fix (a
better one at that) higher up. And it's not all that high up that we
need to get completely paranoid about it.
> --
> Stephen Hemminger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
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Gagan
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