Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2006 21:33:58 +0400 From: Gleb Smirnoff <glebius@FreeBSD.org> To: Mikhail Teterin <mi+kde@aldan.algebra.com> Cc: freebsd-net@FreeBSD.org, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: em network issues Message-ID: <20061021173358.GC75694@cell.sick.ru> In-Reply-To: <200610211300.09476@aldan> References: <200610211300.09476@aldan>
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On Sat, Oct 21, 2006 at 01:00:08PM -0400, Mikhail Teterin wrote: M> = I'd appreciate if people who are observing the problem will report M> = whether adding DEVICE_POLLING option to kernel config helps them M> = or not. This will help to tell whether the problem is in the above M> = quote or in the import of new versions from vendor. M> M> I tried this yesterday -- before writing to net@. I saw the "system" component M> of the total load being rather high and then enabled polling. M> M> Again, I did not wait long enough to check, whether the system will cease M> communicating completely before enabling polling on em, but the "system" load M> was shooting way up upon starting my backup procedure even when I switched to M> DEVICE_POLLING-using kernel. We aren't currently speaking about performance, we need to know whether kernel with DEVICE_POLLING option makes NIC work stable. -- Totus tuus, Glebius. GLEBIUS-RIPN GLEB-RIPE
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