Why device sk (PCI Gigabit Ethernet) cannot use polling?

[Xin LI]

On 11/18/05, Rob <spamrefuse at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> The sk device has no polling support,
> neither in 5 nor in 6.
> Is there a particular reason (maybe
> because it's a Gigabit device) ?
>
> Or is polling not supported because it
> simply has not yet been coded? If so, would
> it be straightforward to add the code?

That would not be very hard if you own some hardware, so if you have
the hardware, give it a try! :-)

BTW.  Since glebius@ has some recent work on polling(4), you may want
to ask him for some in-depth advises.

Cheers,
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Xin LI <delphij at delphij.net> http://www.delphij.net