Date: Sun, 18 May 2003 12:49:05 +0200 From: Tony Sarendal <tsar@polarcap.org> To: Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net> Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: polling(4) and Gigabit Message-ID: <3EC76521.2010000@polarcap.org> References: <oWwt3C.A.dVL.Hwzx-@coal.sentex.ca> <o1kecvcnnmudraktm61ibi4rdr5kk8ce6e@4ax.com>
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Mike Tancsa wrote: > The em driver has polling support in STABLE (post 4.8R). The limitation is > not so much the NIC, but the way the NIC is serviced via interrupts in non > polling modes. There are some very good discussions posted already you can > get via Google on what you can and cant do and what you might expect > performance wise. > OK, I checked the code in 4.8-RELEASE and only found polling in nge. Interrupts I know. I'm trying to answer emails while my 2,5 year daughter is playing with her Brio railroad and my 7 months son is assisting her. Interrupts are almost using up 100% of my time. I've googled and Marc'd quite a bit but I couldn't find any code in the Gig drivers to put the pieces together. /Tony S
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