[openib-general] Suggestion to remove NAPI with IPoIB from OFED 1.2 release

[Michael S. Tsirkin]

> Quoting Bernard King-Smith <wombat2 at us.ibm.com>:
> Subject: [openib-general] Suggestion to remove NAPI with IPoIB from OFED 1.2 release
> 
> To:
> "EWG" <Openfabrics-ewg at openib.org> 
> cc:
> "Roland Dreier" <rdreier at cisco.com>, "OPENIB" <openib-general at openib.org> 
> Subject:
> [openib-general] Suggestion to remove NAPI with IPoIB from OFED 1.2 release
> 
> > I suggest that in OFED 1.2 we will not include the NAPI support
> > The reasons are:
> >
> >    * IBM interrupt handler change to support NAPI will not be ready on time
> >    * IPoIB UD with NAPI was not tested thoroughly
> >    * IPoIB CM mode was tested without NAPI and got to a good stability.
> 
> If we remove NAPI, does that remove the rotting packet fix from OFED 1.2 also? If it does I think we still need to keep the rotting packet code in. 

NAPI was not yet included in OFED, so Tziporet mainly proposed to remove
it from OFED *plans*.

I do not know what the rotting packet fix is. If it is already in OFED,
I see no reason to remove it.

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