Re: hw.igb.num_queues default

2013-06-20 Thread Eggert, Lars
On Jun 20, 2013, at 17:51, "Eggert, Lars" wrote: > the box in question is running -CURRENT, so that may also still help. s/CURRENT/STABLE/ > > Frankly, I don't really care what the correct fix is. I just want to be able > to plop this NIC in and be able to connect to it without the need to did

Re: hw.igb.num_queues default

2013-06-20 Thread Eggert, Lars
Hi, On Jun 20, 2013, at 16:29, Andre Oppermann wrote: > On 20.06.2013 15:37, Eugene Grosbein wrote: >> Or, better, make nmbclusters auto-tuning smarter, if any. >> I mean, use more nmbclusters for machines with large amounts of memory. > > That has already been done in HEAD. the box in question

Re: hw.igb.num_queues default

2013-06-20 Thread Barney Cordoba
--- On Thu, 6/20/13, Andre Oppermann wrote: > From: Andre Oppermann > Subject: Re: hw.igb.num_queues default > To: "Eugene Grosbein" > Cc: "freebsd-net@freebsd.org" , "Eggert, Lars" , "Jack Vogel" > Date: Thursday, June 20, 2013, 10:29 AM > On 20.06.2013 15:37, Eugene Grosbein > wrote: > > On

Route deletion when processing a packet by ip_output

2013-06-20 Thread Dheeraj Kandula
Hey All, I have been going through the routing and packet processing code in FreeBSD and am not sure how this scenario is handled though this looks basic. Am I missing something here? When ip_output function is processing a packet and uses a route to send it on it's way to the destin

Re: hw.igb.num_queues default

2013-06-20 Thread Andre Oppermann
On 20.06.2013 15:37, Eugene Grosbein wrote: On 20.06.2013 17:34, Eggert, Lars wrote: real memory = 8589934592 (8192 MB) avail memory = 8239513600 (7857 MB) By default, the igb driver seems to set up one queue per detected CPU. Googling around, people seemed to suggest that limiting the num

Re: hw.igb.num_queues default

2013-06-20 Thread Eugene Grosbein
On 20.06.2013 17:34, Eggert, Lars wrote: > real memory = 8589934592 (8192 MB) > avail memory = 8239513600 (7857 MB) > By default, the igb driver seems to set up one queue per detected CPU. > Googling around, people seemed to suggest that limiting the number of queues > makes things work better

hw.igb.num_queues default

2013-06-20 Thread Eggert, Lars
Hi, I just popped a new four-port igb card into a -STABLE system and encountered severe issues even when unloaded right after boot, to the point where I couldn't even ssh into the system anymore. The box has 2x4 cores: CPU: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU X5450 @ 3.00GHz (2992.60-MHz K8-class C