Re: stmmac ethernet in kernel 4.4: coalescing related pauses?

From: David Miller
Date: Mon Nov 28 2016 - 11:30:53 EST


From: Lino Sanfilippo <lsanfil@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2016 16:57:35 +0100

> I wonder if the best fix would be indeed to deactivate irq coalescing
> completely.
> Does it make any sense at all to use it if a driver uses NAPI already?

It absolutely does make sense, when it is implemented and functions
properly.