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Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/net/Kconfig')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/net/Kconfig | 16 |
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/Kconfig b/drivers/net/Kconfig index 3a0d80b2850..ecfbd1c2408 100644 --- a/drivers/net/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/net/Kconfig @@ -1411,6 +1411,22 @@ config FORCEDETH <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. The module will be called forcedeth. +config FORCEDETH_NAPI + bool "Use Rx and Tx Polling (NAPI) (EXPERIMENTAL)" + depends on FORCEDETH && EXPERIMENTAL + help + NAPI is a new driver API designed to reduce CPU and interrupt load + when the driver is receiving lots of packets from the card. It is + still somewhat experimental and thus not yet enabled by default. + + If your estimated Rx load is 10kpps or more, or if the card will be + deployed on potentially unfriendly networks (e.g. in a firewall), + then say Y here. + + See <file:Documentation/networking/NAPI_HOWTO.txt> for more + information. + + If in doubt, say N. config CS89x0 tristate "CS89x0 support" |