> Is /dev/irqstat a lapsus? Here are /dev/irqalloc and > /net/ether0/ifstats: [...] > 42 10 ether0
well, boo. the labs version doesn't give enough information. i was expecting something like ; grep ether0 /dev/irqalloc 65.0 11 17224065 190397006374 msi-x ether0 which gives vector.processor, bus irq, number of interrupts, total fastticks taken, type, and driver. with this info, one can calculate ns/interrupt and interrupts/sec. > TxOk: 4483 > RxOk: 7520 [..] > xmit descr queue len: highwater 0/31 curr 0 hitmax 0 this doesn't look like very much traffic. how did you test? are you using the latest tcp? what is the ping latency? older labs kernels did a poor job with moderate latency, and any packet loss. newer versions should be ok, but i haven't tested myself. > rtl8169: unknown mac 8168 4c000000 my version of the driver handles this hardware > i8042: fe returned to the ea command you don't have a ps2 mouse, but the system is configured to expect one. 0xea -> set streaming. - erik