RE: [PATCH] Gianfar SKB Recycling Support

-----Original Message-----
From: Stephen Hemminger [mailto:shemminger@osdl.org] 
Sent: Wednesday, May 17, 2006 5:49 PM
To: Haruki Dai-r35557
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org; Fleming Andy-afleming; Kumar 
Gala; Haruki Dai-r35557
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Gianfar SKB Recycling Support

On Wed, 17 May 2006 15:45:14 -0700
"Haruki Dai-r35557" [off-list ref] wrote:

quoted

This patch improves the IP forwarding throughput of
the Freescale TSEC/eTSEC Gianfar driver. By recycling
the Socket buffer and Data buffer, reduce the unnecessary
memory allocation and de-allocation in the forwarding
processing chain.

Signed-off-by: Dai Haruki <redacted>
Signed-off-by: Andy Fleming <redacted>

What if I am forwarding from gianfar to e1000?

If the traffic is bidirectional, then the throughput is going up.
If, the e1000 driver also has the buffer recycling routine implemented,
boost up in the both direction.

Regards
Dai