On Fri, Aug 24, 2007 at 02:44:36PM -0700, David Miller wrote: > From: David Stevens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2007 09:50:58 -0700 > > > Problem is if it increases rapidly, you may drop packets > > before you notice that the ring is full in the current estimated > > interval. > > This is one of many reasons why hardware interrupt mitigation > is really needed for this.
When turning off interrupts, don't turn them *all* off. Leave the queue-full interrupt always on. --linas - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
