Hi, I am getting these values returned, not entirely sure what I am looking at;
mrblonde:~# ethtool -k eth0 Offload parameters for eth0: rx-checksumming: on tx-checksumming: on scatter-gather: on tcp-segmentation-offload: off udp-fragmentation-offload: off generic-segmentation-offload: on generic-receive-offload: off large-receive-offload: off ntuple-filters: off receive-hashing: off Does this appear to be good? I've checked the chipset specs and it supports checksum offloading. Saint K. ________________________________________ From: hlds_linux-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com [hlds_linux-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com] On Behalf Of Andrew Armitage [and...@thirdlife.org] Sent: 25 July 2011 10:36 To: hlds_linux@list.valvesoftware.com Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] cpu on i7 920 I wouldn't expect problems with. But I happily admit to being no expert. Try ethtool -k <interface> and see what's what? A On 25/07/2011 08:42, Saint K. wrote: > The servers are build on Tyan Tempest i5400 motherboards, based on > the Intel 5400B chipset platform, the Gbit nic's used on this board > are Intel 82563EB chips. > > I've never really figured the load could be related to the networking > chip as our throughput tests never really show any issues when tested > (with all sorts of packet sizes, tcp/udp) > > Saint K. ________________________________________ From: > hlds_linux-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com > [hlds_linux-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com] On Behalf Of Andrew > Armitage [and...@thirdlife.org] Sent: 25 July 2011 09:36 To: > hlds_linux@list.valvesoftware.com Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] cpu on i7 > 920 > > Maybe the issue is the network hardware? HLDS is very network > intensive. > > I believe that some cards support checksum offloading and some > don't. > > A > > On 25/07/2011 07:28, Saint K. wrote: >> What I am still not getting is that our Xeon E5420's are doing >> like 70-80% load on a single core for 24 players, and our Xeon >> E5410's 90%+, where you say your older 4600+ does 70%. >> >> Tried all sorts of different kernels out there. >> >> Is there perhaps certain BIOS settings which could benefit when >> running gameservers on them? >> >> Ours surely should perform much better then that? >> >> Saint K. ________________________________________ From: >> hlds_linux-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com >> [hlds_linux-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com] On Behalf Of Jesse >> Molina [je...@opendreams.net] Sent: 25 July 2011 05:15 To: >> Half-Life dedicated Linux server mailing list Subject: Re: >> [hlds_linux] cpu on i7 920 >> >> I have a AMD Phenom x6 1055T doing multiple servers at the same >> time. TF2 causes the active core to go to 100% for about two >> seconds during map changes, but otherwise I've never seen it go >> that high for extended periods of time. Average during full >> 24-player usage is about 40%. >> >> I also have an older AMD Athlon64 x2 4600+ that runs a single >> 24-player TF2 quickplay server. It averages 70% usage when full >> and gameplay is great. >> >> Both of these are desktop class boards with DDR2 PC800M RAM. >> Linux 2.6.39. >> >> Try watching your CPU usage at (relatively) high resolution with >> something like "htop -d 1" >> >> No clue why you are maxing out like that. >> >> >> >> Eric Riemers wrote: >>> All, >>> >>> I run a 32 slots server on a i7 920 @ 2.67ghz, but i can see >>> with top and such that its potentially maxing out at 100% at >>> times since it only uses one core. Is it really now doing so much >>> cpu that even a i7 core isn't enough? Didn't have much complaints >>> before the pew pew. >>> >>> 24 slots on the same server do around 60% when full. >>> >>> Eric >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, >>> edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please >>> visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux >> >> -- # Jesse Molina # Mail = je...@opendreams.net # Page = >> page-je...@opendreams.net # Cell = 1.602.323.7608 # Web = >> http://www.opendreams.net/jesse/ >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, >> edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please >> visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux >> >> _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, >> edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please >> visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > > > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit > your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit > your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux