On 2011-02-28, Manuel Guesdon <ml+openbsd.m...@oxymium.net> wrote: > > OK. Anyway NIC buffers restrict buffered packets number. But the problem > remain: why a (for exemple) dual Xeon E5520@2.27GHz with Intel PRO/1000 > (82576) can't route 150kpps without Ierr :-) > http://www.oxymium.net/tmp/core3-dmesg
So looking at this dmesg you have ppb and em sharing ints; it wouldn't be a total surprise if the "Performance degradation after upgrade" thread was relevant: http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.os.openbsd.misc/184121