[syslinux] [PATCH][GIT-PULL] lwIP undiif: Fixes for VMware platforms and general fixes

[H. Peter Anvin]

On 10/20/2011 06:11 PM, Eric W. Biederman wrote:
>
> tcpip_input always calls ethernet_input if you are an ethernet device.
> So the only practical difference is bounding through an extra thread.
>
> Maybe there is a good reason for bouncing through an extra thread.
> I seem to have vague memories about it just being plain less efficient
> and killing through put.
>
> I did not use tcpip_input deliberately.  At the very least because it
> was an apparent unnecessary complication.
>

... except not doing that violates the locking constraints of the code.

	-hpa