Re: polling's future [was: Re: Dynamic Ticks/HZ]

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In message <5098E8B4.5040309@freebsd.org>, Andre Oppermann writes:

>> I think it should go away, and if there still is a relevant
>> usage segment, be replaced by _real_ "device-polling" which is
>> not tied to the network stack.
>
>Don't we already have the equivalent with a fast interrupt thread
>that simply acknowledges and disables the interrupt [...]

The point is that not all hardware have interrupt-pacing, so
being able to poll at a lower rate in software would save overhead.

I'm not sure if the hardware where this applies is still relevant,
it would probably be mostly in the embedded space.

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