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Subject: Re: poor fastforwarding and polling performance
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On Sat, 2 Dec 2006 19:09:03 -0800, in sentex.lists.freebsd.net you
wrote:
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>With polling (ifconfig sis0 polling; ifconfig sis1 polling) I get =20
>about 1.5-2Mbit (pf doesn't make a difference).

=46or Polling, set
kern.polling.idle_poll=3D1

Also, try removing

options         ADAPTIVE_GIANT          # Giant mutex is adaptive.
and adding
options NO_ADAPTIVE_MUTEXES

from the kernel.  This should help a little with the non
fast_forwarding case.

	---Mike
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