> I think the issue is resolved. I had to recompile my 4.4.0 kernel with a few > options pertaining to the Intel NIC which somehow (?) got left out or > otherwise clobbered when I ported my 3.4.2 .config to the 4.4.0 kernel source > tree. With those changes now in I see essentially identical performance with > the two kernels. Sorry for any confusion and/or waste of time here. My bad. >
Can you please send the relevant changes in the config that caused the discussed issue? Just in the case other people do a similar kernel upgrade from 3.x to a recent kernel and the current defaults lead to this non-optimal result. Thanks, Oliver Yes I just replied to another email on this thread asking the same thing and posted some info. Cheers, Peter