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-rw-r--r--drivers/net/tulip/Kconfig14
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/tulip/Kconfig b/drivers/net/tulip/Kconfig
index 1c537d5a306..49d7a290dbb 100644
--- a/drivers/net/tulip/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/net/tulip/Kconfig
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ config TULIP_MMIO
If in doubt, say N.
config TULIP_NAPI
- bool "Use NAPI RX polling "
+ bool "Use RX polling (NAPI)"
depends on TULIP
help
NAPI is a new driver API designed to reduce CPU and interrupt load
@@ -78,18 +78,16 @@ config TULIP_NAPI
deployed on potentially unfriendly networks (e.g. in a firewall),
then say Y here.
- See <file:Documentation/networking/NAPI_HOWTO.txt> for more
- information.
-
If in doubt, say N.
config TULIP_NAPI_HW_MITIGATION
- bool "Use Interrupt Mitigation "
+ bool "Use Interrupt Mitigation"
depends on TULIP_NAPI
---help---
- Use HW to reduce RX interrupts. Not strict necessary since NAPI reduces
- RX interrupts but itself. Although this reduces RX interrupts even at
- low levels traffic at the cost of a small latency.
+ Use HW to reduce RX interrupts. Not strictly necessary since NAPI
+ reduces RX interrupts by itself. Interrupt mitigation reduces RX
+ interrupts even at low levels of traffic at the cost of a small
+ latency.
If in doubt, say Y.