Re: Patches to speed up SLIP and PPP
Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Sun, 27 Apr 1997 15:30:33 +0100 (BST)
> In short, I'd much rather see a patch that
> (a) gets rid of the "fast" vs "slow" interrupts. They used to make sense,
> but they don't much do that any more. They only result in problems.
You rejected one of those prior to 1.2 that came from the STRIP driver
authors.
As to the structure of it. I'd rather mark_bh() set the flag so the fast
interrupt return wasnt taken. Or maybe mark_bh_nodefer()
Alan