On 12/26/06, jamal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
If you compile in PCI-E support you should have more control of the MSI-X, no? I would tie the MSI to a specific processor statically; my past experiences with any form of interupt balancing with network loads has been horrible. cheers, jamal
Thanks for the direction. In meanwhile I have removed all userland processes from CPU0, that handles network card interrupts and all packet-processing (kernel-space). Still, it should be some way of CPU-scaling; even for the case of the only network card.
> > > > it can still be done using the TPR (Thread Priority Register) of the > > APIC. It's just... not there in Linux (other OSes do use this). > > Have you any specific pointers for doing it (beyond Internet search)? > Your input would be very much appreciated.
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