提交 a27fc96b 编写于 作者: B Ben Hutchings 提交者: David S. Miller

ethtool: Note common alternate exit condition for interrupt coalescing

Many implementations ignore the value of max_frames and do not
treat usecs == 0 as special.  Document this as deprecated.
Signed-off-by: NBen Hutchings <bhutchings@solarflare.com>
Signed-off-by: NDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
上级 acf42a2a
......@@ -173,6 +173,12 @@ struct ethtool_eeprom {
* would cause interrupts to never be generated. To disable
* coalescing, set usecs = 0 and max_frames = 1.
*
* Some implementations ignore the value of max_frames and use the
* condition:
* time_since_first_completion >= usecs
* This is deprecated. Drivers for hardware that does not support
* counting completions should validate that max_frames == !rx_usecs.
*
* Adaptive RX/TX coalescing is an algorithm implemented by some
* drivers to improve latency under low packet rates and improve
* throughput under high packet rates. Some drivers only implement
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