From de5b3077da8275e87196a1e34c5535f5279c5e1a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Auke Kok Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2008 11:09:08 -0700 Subject: e1000e: Add interrupt moderation run-time ethtool interface The ethtool -c / -C interface can now be used to modify the irq moderation algorithm. This change does not require an adapter reset and can thus be used at all times. The adapter only supports changing/reading rx-usecs which has special values for 0, 1 and 3: 0 - no irq moderation whatsoever 1 - normal moderation favoring regular mixed traffic (default) 3 - best attempt at low latency possible at cost of CPU For values between 10 and 10000 the rx-usecs defines "the minimum time between successive irqs" in usec, unlike the module parameter. Signed-off-by: Auke Kok Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik --- drivers/net/e1000e/e1000.h | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) (limited to 'drivers/net/e1000e/e1000.h') diff --git a/drivers/net/e1000e/e1000.h b/drivers/net/e1000e/e1000.h index 4d3d1c2991c..79a426feffb 100644 --- a/drivers/net/e1000e/e1000.h +++ b/drivers/net/e1000e/e1000.h @@ -70,6 +70,9 @@ struct e1000_info; #define E1000_MAX_RXD 4096 #define E1000_MIN_RXD 80 +#define E1000_MIN_ITR_USECS 10 /* 100000 irq/sec */ +#define E1000_MAX_ITR_USECS 10000 /* 100 irq/sec */ + /* Early Receive defines */ #define E1000_ERT_2048 0x100 -- cgit v1.2.3