From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Nov 12 19:55:37 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F0065106564A for ; Sat, 12 Nov 2011 19:55:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rysto32@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ww0-f50.google.com (mail-ww0-f50.google.com [74.125.82.50]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8A1E78FC08 for ; Sat, 12 Nov 2011 19:55:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wwg14 with SMTP id 14so4737406wwg.31 for ; Sat, 12 Nov 2011 11:55:36 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=OHsP+r1hw14LJqRuz3UG/+dWCrTyt7fr3vLpOAYRQbU=; b=JaHyshNSap6Z+4ebNrK2/Owfyl07fR8oJFe0kIkEwgkiU+SQfcuGsY88dP79UyvdzM cCcJ84j5ALo2nfmpxyoZ2bLHJSz09EExXtxuGEBR0Pn5ceRUBw4g8QaQ1h9fnvCdJR72 rXpfaEEzYUr9XRz7yqm8YWLey8pfFbSo+MgJE= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.180.19.9 with SMTP id a9mr19044638wie.32.1321127736425; Sat, 12 Nov 2011 11:55:36 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.180.95.104 with HTTP; Sat, 12 Nov 2011 11:55:36 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <4EBEC50C.7020004@soe.ucsc.edu> References: <4EBEC50C.7020004@soe.ucsc.edu> Date: Sat, 12 Nov 2011 14:55:36 -0500 Message-ID: From: Ryan Stone To: Erich Weiler Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: net.isr.maxthreads tunable? X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 12 Nov 2011 19:55:38 -0000 Currently you have to disable DEVICE_POLLING in your kernel config in order to use multiple netisr threads. Back in the spring I was working on a patch to fix this limitation, but at the time I was having trouble getting access to equipment to test it out on. I should be able to get some systems to play with now, so I'll try to resurrect that work.