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Documentation/networking/e1000.txt: Update documentation
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Update Intel Wired LAN e1000 documentation.

Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com>
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Jeff Kirsher committed Dec 11, 2010
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(not supported on Intel(R) 82542, 82543 or 82544-based adapters)
Valid Range: 0,1,3,4,100-100000 (0=off, 1=dynamic, 3=dynamic conservative,
4=simplified balancing)
4=simplified balancing)
Default Value: 3

The driver can limit the amount of interrupts per second that the adapter
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the same as mode 3, the InterruptThrottleRate will be increased stepwise to
70000 for traffic in class "Lowest latency".

In simplified mode the interrupt rate is based on the ratio of Tx and
Rx traffic. If the bytes per second rate is approximately equal, the
In simplified mode the interrupt rate is based on the ratio of TX and
RX traffic. If the bytes per second rate is approximately equal, the
interrupt rate will drop as low as 2000 interrupts per second. If the
traffic is mostly transmit or mostly receive, the interrupt rate could
be as high as 8000.
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TxDescriptorStep
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Valid Range: 1 (use every Tx Descriptor)
4 (use every 4th Tx Descriptor)
4 (use every 4th Tx Descriptor)

Default Value: 1 (use every Tx Descriptor)

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Default Value: 256
Usage: insmod e1000.ko copybreak=128

Driver copies all packets below or equaling this size to a fresh Rx
Driver copies all packets below or equaling this size to a fresh RX
buffer before handing it up the stack.

This parameter is different than other parameters, in that it is a
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