RE: [Bridge] Lowering CPU utilisation

2007-11-06 Thread Leigh Sharpe
OTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, 7 November 2007 9:19 AM To: Leigh Sharpe Cc: Vaidas M; bridge@lists.linux-foundation.org Subject: Re: [Bridge] Lowering CPU utilisation On Wed, 7 Nov 2007 08:51:41 +1100 "Leigh Sharpe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm using e1000 cards. > According to

RE: [Bridge] Lowering CPU utilisation

2007-11-06 Thread Brad Dameron
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Re: [Bridge] Lowering CPU utilisation

2007-11-06 Thread Stephen Hemminger
On Wed, 7 Nov 2007 08:51:41 +1100 "Leigh Sharpe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm using e1000 cards. > According to oprofile, around 50% of the time is spent in the e1000 > driver. > Given that my load average is still under 0.5, I suspect I've got plenty > of room for the driver to handle more t

RE: [Bridge] Lowering CPU utilisation

2007-11-06 Thread Brad Dameron
ore traffic before I need to > worry too much. > > > > __ > From: Vaidas M [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, 6 November 2007 9:32 PM > To: Leigh Sharpe > Subject: RE: [Bridge] Lowering CPU u

RE: [Bridge] Lowering CPU utilisation

2007-11-06 Thread Leigh Sharpe
From: Vaidas M [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, 6 November 2007 9:32 PM To: Leigh Sharpe Subject: RE: [Bridge] Lowering CPU utilisation What kind of NIC you are using? I suggest you to use cards with NAPI featured in driver. _ _ __ _ _ _ __ ___ _ Vaidas M.

Re: [Bridge] Lowering CPU utilisation

2007-10-31 Thread Stephen Hemminger
On Thu, 1 Nov 2007 09:00:07 +1100 "Leigh Sharpe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi All, > I have a box with 12 bridges on it, each of which has 2 ports. > When the traffic level on the box reaches around 15-20Mbps on each > bridge, my CPU utilisation gets to about 90-95%. > I would like to avoid w

[Bridge] Lowering CPU utilisation

2007-10-31 Thread Leigh Sharpe
Hi All, I have a box with 12 bridges on it, each of which has 2 ports. When the traffic level on the box reaches around 15-20Mbps on each bridge, my CPU utilisation gets to about 90-95%. I would like to avoid working the CPU that hard. Is there anything which can be done to get the CPU utlilisati