> > and i guess it doesn't matter if the distribution is being done by the > hardware, from the point of view of the kernel, i would still get the > performance penalty.
for the cache bouncing you save assuming you have an Intel cpu (eg one where the cache is shared). You don't save on the cross-cpu reassembly, that is an entire different algorithm path you hit there.. > i'm just trying to figure it out, i have no real knowledge of the inner > kernel workings, so i dont know. but i really would like to use all 4 cores. > just how expensive is that reassembly path ? depends on your traffic to be honest, probably a question more suited for net-dev list. -- if you want to mail me at work (you don't), use arjan (at) linux.intel.com Test the interaction between Linux and your BIOS via http://www.linuxfirmwarekit.org - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
