On Mon, Nov 5, 2012 at 4:40 AM, Joe Holden <[email protected]> wrote:
> doh, running kernel wasn't as GENERIC as I thought it was, looks like > device polling not only breaks dynamic ticks but also reduces rx ability > significantly, exactly 150,000 pps per 1000hz on igb versus 650,000 without > > Is this a known issue? (and if device polling isn't as useful as it once > was, should it be removed?) > Device polling on modern multiqueue NICs isn't very useful because you're limited to a single thread for handling packets. I have a patch that fixes this that I've let fall by the wayside. _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
