sky2: optimize transmit completion

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Don't reference the list element in hardware transmit ring on transmit
completion. The list element is updated by hardware, therefore
it causes a cache miss. Do book keeping in software structure.

Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

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Stephen Hemminger 2009-08-18 15:17:09 +00:00 • committed by David S. Miller

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