From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Sep 27 06:59:07 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C84478C6 for ; Fri, 27 Sep 2013 06:59:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from hiren.panchasara@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ee0-x22a.google.com (mail-ee0-x22a.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:4013:c00::22a]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 5DFCD2653 for ; Fri, 27 Sep 2013 06:59:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-ee0-f42.google.com with SMTP id b45so1003337eek.15 for ; Thu, 26 Sep 2013 23:59:05 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=aDQw/nbJMR0hqnQJHYctFlfmnVM8pCnb447zN+tHRdg=; b=WuDAKJ0X2xONV0KzaqcYo53v76Uta1MbobuLzxwmS/fejC4zk5uLVPMrYwydit1RCL JokV00dEiOvcx/GswU3CQY8QM2+039AD2+hGyjKnYXxdiH8zZ+PPkX9ur7105OFZUOer bV6vqMYqdHqaBU+GIIJuPVYOSROIXaYv0wB3SuDhSHRp7pBs8Q/PtdF8E2y0SeLRJWbt MdmBoh59ELhsqZuieqSBgNWkTG+0eNBjxlROQjWG+QrZ3KZacUx6+o6n24UNjvZBcMNn ZxXg9oGWwam0hfMh6pVQ6tvFLrlJnvROFOwmzj/CP8q/F9avewViBzyKRW19rKBz1PiV NaSA== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.14.108.9 with SMTP id p9mr8137286eeg.8.1380265145851; Thu, 26 Sep 2013 23:59:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.14.105.137 with HTTP; Thu, 26 Sep 2013 23:59:05 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2013 23:59:05 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: netmap: traffic distribution From: hiren panchasara To: chintu hetam Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.14 Cc: Michio Honda , Luigi Rizzo , "freebsd-net@freebsd.org" X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2013 06:59:07 -0000 On Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 2:27 PM, chintu hetam wrote: > Hiren, > > https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/networking/scaling.txt must read > to understand nuances of each of this features. None of this techniques are > used for mostly none other than performance reasons. > Thanks for the link. So, RFS (Receive Flow Steering) is equivalent to "flow director" mentioned in FreeBSD's ixgbe drivers? > > Michio, personally i am interested to know performance results in netmap > mode with RFS patch you just mentioned. > Takuya/Luigi might have some numbers. Thanks, Hiren