ethtool: Explicitly state the exit condition for interrupt coalescing
Also explicitly state how to disable interrupt coalescing. Remove the now-redundant text from field descriptions. Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@solarflare.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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@ -121,20 +121,18 @@ struct ethtool_eeprom {
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* struct ethtool_coalesce - coalescing parameters for IRQs and stats updates
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* @cmd: ETHTOOL_{G,S}COALESCE
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* @rx_coalesce_usecs: How many usecs to delay an RX interrupt after
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* a packet arrives. If 0, only @rx_max_coalesced_frames is used.
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* a packet arrives.
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* @rx_max_coalesced_frames: Maximum number of packets to receive
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* before an RX interrupt. If 0, only @rx_coalesce_usecs is used.
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* before an RX interrupt.
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* @rx_coalesce_usecs_irq: Same as @rx_coalesce_usecs, except that
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* this value applies while an IRQ is being serviced by the host.
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* @rx_max_coalesced_frames_irq: Same as @rx_max_coalesced_frames,
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* except that this value applies while an IRQ is being serviced
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* by the host.
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* @tx_coalesce_usecs: How many usecs to delay a TX interrupt after
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* a packet is sent. If 0, only @tx_max_coalesced_frames
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* is used.
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* a packet is sent.
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* @tx_max_coalesced_frames: Maximum number of packets to be sent
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* before a TX interrupt. If 0, only @tx_coalesce_usecs is
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* used.
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* before a TX interrupt.
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* @tx_coalesce_usecs_irq: Same as @tx_coalesce_usecs, except that
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* this value applies while an IRQ is being serviced by the host.
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* @tx_max_coalesced_frames_irq: Same as @tx_max_coalesced_frames,
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@ -167,8 +165,13 @@ struct ethtool_eeprom {
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* @rate_sample_interval: How often to do adaptive coalescing packet rate
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* sampling, measured in seconds. Must not be zero.
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*
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* It is illegal to set both usecs and max frames to zero as this
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* would cause interrupts to never be generated.
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* Each pair of (usecs, max_frames) fields specifies this exit
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* condition for interrupt coalescing:
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* (usecs > 0 && time_since_first_completion >= usecs) ||
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* (max_frames > 0 && completed_frames >= max_frames)
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* It is illegal to set both usecs and max_frames to zero as this
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* would cause interrupts to never be generated. To disable
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* coalescing, set usecs = 0 and max_frames = 1.
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*
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* Adaptive RX/TX coalescing is an algorithm implemented by some
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* drivers to improve latency under low packet rates and improve
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