I have setup a linux box with a 2.4.19 kernel. I am bridging 2 ethernet
devices together using 3Com PCI 3c982 Dual Port cards. (3c59x).
What I am seeing is that the module itself uses 30% of CPU to handle just
10mbit both ways (20mbit total). ~6000ps total. From what I have read on
the bridge homepages I should be able to run this on a 486 as CPU has
nothing to do with it. What am I doing wrong?
bridge:~# brctl show
bridge name bridge id STP enabled interfaces
br0 8000.000475c9a6f9 yes eth1
eth2
bridge:~# lsmod
Module Size Used by Not tainted
limiter 13064 0 (unused)
bridge 16748 1
3c59x 25512 2
sis900 12388 1
bridge:~# cat /etc/modules
# /etc/modules: kernel modules to load at boot time.
#
# This file should contain the names of kernel modules that are
# to be loaded at boot time, one per line. Comments begin with
# a #, and everything on the line after them are ignored.
sis900
3c59x options=4,4,4,4 full_duplex=1,1,1,1 max_interrupt_work=10000
bridge
limiter
in /etc/network/interfaces
auto eth1
iface eth1 inet loopback
auto eth2
iface eth2 inet loopback
# Bridge Interface for eth1 + eth2
auto br0
iface br0 inet loopback
pre-up brctl addbr br0
up brctl addif br0 eth1
up brctl addif br0 eth2
up brctl stp br0 on
down brctl delif br0 eth1
down brctl delif br0 eth2
post-down brctl delbr br0
Does anyone have any ideas off the top of your head what could be
causing this or be able to point me in the right direction for some
documentation relating to this problem.
Simon Allard (Senior Tool Monkey)
IHUG
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