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[PATCH] S2io: MSI/MSI-X support (runtime configurable)
authorRavinandan Arakali <ravinandan.arakali@neterion.com>
Tue, 4 Oct 2005 10:41:24 +0000 (06:41 -0400)
committerJeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>
Tue, 4 Oct 2005 10:41:24 +0000 (06:41 -0400)
commit3047c51702530d59bde3b7901d9e2e2625a0f2e4
tree9a95e57befa59f6a50e5eb8ef4c9f8ae26816b87
parentc1082de1e190c5c3c4c57db5edda741b8af13278
[PATCH] S2io: MSI/MSI-X support (runtime configurable)

This patch adds support for MSI/MSI-X feature to the driver.  It is
a runtime parameter(for now, loadable parameter).  Default is INTA.

Patch has been tested on IA64 platform with Xframe II adapter,
both of which support MSI-X feature.  An improvement of about 7%
in throughput(both Tx and Rx) was observed and a reduction by 7%
in CPU utilization during Tx test.

Signed-off-by: Ravinandan Arakali <ravinandan.arakali@neterion.com>
Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>
drivers/net/s2io.c
drivers/net/s2io.h