On 2007/11/05 16:18, Florin Andrei wrote: >> Does the "em" driver do interrupt mitigation ? > > I would like to know the answer to that question myself.
There's no single standard name for this, you'll see at least these: em(4) /* Set the interrupt throttling rate. Value is calculated * as DEFAULT_ITR = 1/(MAX_INTS_PER_SEC * 256ns) */ sk(4) /* * Configure interrupt moderation. The moderation timer * defers interrupts specified in the interrupt moderation * timer mask based on the timeout specified in the interrupt * moderation timer init register. Each bit in the timer * register represents one tick, so to specify a timeout in * microseconds, we have to multiply by the correct number of * ticks-per-microsecond. */ sis(4) /* Configure interrupt holdoff register. */ fxp(4) /* * Interrupts coalescing code params */ Looks like also bge, bnx, nfe, nxe, tht, vge. Some help more than others, e.g. ping -f to each nic of an X2100 sees the bge(4) interrupt at half the rate of the nfe(4).