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Title: e1000e polling mode
Post by: stealth53 on September 05, 2012, 07:10:34 AM
Hi,

I have an Intel GigE adaptor on my hardware and my hardware (an embedded board) doesn't support interrupts. How do I make the e1000e driver to be working in polling mode?


Regards,
Su.
Title: Re: e1000e polling mode
Post by: dalek on September 05, 2012, 08:29:25 AM
From what I have found with Google, polling is enabled by default.  The device switches between interrupt mode and polling depending on whether there is more data than interrupt mode can handle.  Basically, if it is a low load on the network, it uses the interrupt mode.  If the load is to heavy for the device, then it switches to polling mode. 

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Hope this helps. 

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