RE: DEVICE_POLLING with SMP

2004-01-29 Thread Don Bowman
> From: Kevin Day [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Jan 29, 2004, at 1:04 AM, Vlad Galu wrote: > > > > I see no reason for it. Having to switch between multiple kernel > > threads to handle polling may bring too much overhead. > > > > > > Would that really be happening though? > > If polling is

Re: jumbo-frames on the network

2004-01-29 Thread Eli Dart
In reply to Don Lewis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : > On 28 Jan, Garrett Wollman wrote: > > < > > >> Can different MTUs be mixed on the same wire > > > > No. > > It's ugly, but I wonder if adding host routes with the -lock -mtu > options might work ... I wouldn't even mess with it. If you have an MT

European USB DSL modems?

2004-01-29 Thread Lars Eggert
Hi, does -current support any European USB DSL modems, and if so, which ones? I could get this one free with my DSL order: http://www.avm.de/de/Produkte/FRITZCard_DSL/FRITZ_Card_DSL_SL_USB/index.js.html (Sorry, page is in German.) Thanks, Lars PS: I'm clueless when it comes to DSL in Europe -

Re: DEVICE_POLLING with SMP

2004-01-29 Thread Kevin Day
On Jan 29, 2004, at 1:04 AM, Vlad Galu wrote: I see no reason for it. Having to switch between multiple kernel threads to handle polling may bring too much overhead. Would that really be happening though? If polling is happening in the idle loop, extra overhead doesn't really matter all that

Re: DEVICE_POLLING with SMP

2004-01-29 Thread Vlad Galu
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: |On Wed, Jan 28, 2004 at 01:25:13PM -0600, Kevin Day wrote: |> |> Has anyone made any headway with getting polling(4) to work with a |SMP > kernel? Last May this was discussed on here briefly with me, |Luigi and > Don Bowman, which seemed to indicate that the majority o