Re: [RFC] remove netpoll receive code

[David Miller]

From: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2007 13:21:31 -0700

> I propose that we take out all the whole netpoll rx path. If/when
> kgdb gets submitted a better and alternative receive path can be
> added.

I would like to kill the RX side handling of netpoll too,
but I don't think that's reasonable as kgdb is actively
being pushed for 2.6.25 inclusion.

Andrew is likely to add it to his -mm tree soon and therefore kgdb
will need to work properly now.

The RX netpoll thing has a long precedence, it's been in the tree for
a long time, so we are in some ways stuck with it until we have a
complete replacement facility.  That means we can't yank it out first
and implement the replacement later.
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