> I thought the network drivers pulled the send queue on
> their own, but looking closer it's obvious that they don't (and that they
> should not for locking issues).
Linus, could you answer one question?
Why linux does not use spl-like, when handling irqs?
Is it just historical fact, or you had some reasons to use bh instead?
Do you know any alternative to bsd splimpl()?
I ask it because to all that I know our net_bh() is the reason,
why bsd and NT behave better at super high packet load.
Alexey
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