Re: [PATCH 4/13] cxgb3 - use immediate data for offload Tx

Jeff Garzik wrote:

Divy Le Ray wrote:
> From: Divy Le Ray <[email protected]>
>
> Send small TX_DATA work requests as immediate data even when
> there are fragments.
>
> Signed-off-by: Divy Le Ray <[email protected]>
> ---
>
>  drivers/net/cxgb3/sge.c |   17 +++++++++++------
>  1 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

needs additional explanation.  don't just describe the new post-change
behavior, describe why this change is needed.

It's an optimization avoiding doing multiple DMAs for small fragmented packets. The driver already implements this optimization for small contiguous packets.

Divy
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