Date: Tue, 01 Jul 2008 11:48:56 +0300 From: Stefan Lambrev <stefan.lambrev@moneybookers.com> To: Steve Bertrand <steve@ibctech.ca> Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org, Ingo Flaschberger <if@xip.at>, "Wilkinson, Alex" <alex.wilkinson@dsto.defence.gov.au>, "Support \(Rudy\)" <crapsh@monkeybrains.net> Subject: Re: Freebsd IP Forwarding performance (question, and some info) [7-stable, current, em, smp] Message-ID: <4869EF78.5060306@moneybookers.com> In-Reply-To: <4869880D.8040901@ibctech.ca> References: <4867420D.7090406@gtcomm.net> <200806301944.m5UJifJD081781@lava.sentex.ca> <20080701004346.GA3898@stlux503.dsto.defence.gov.au> <alpine.LFD.1.10.0807010257570.19444@filebunker.xip.at> <20080701010716.GF3898@stlux503.dsto.defence.gov.au> <alpine.LFD.1.10.0807010308320.19444@filebunker.xip.at> <486986D9.3000607@monkeybrains.net> <4869880D.8040901@ibctech.ca>
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Steve Bertrand wrote: > Support (Rudy) wrote: >> Ingo Flaschberger wrote: >>> usually interface polling is also chosen to prevent "lock-ups". >>> man polling >> >> >> I used polling in FreeBSD 5.x and it helped a bunch. I set up a new >> router with 7.0 and MSI was recommended to me. (I noticed no >> difference when moving from polling -> MSI, however, on 5.4 polling >> seemed to help a lot. > > I'm curious now... how do you change individual device polling via > sysctl? Using sysctl for polling is deprecated I think. You can do it with ifconfig ifX polling (-polling) you can add polling in rc.conf options also: ifconfig_em0="polling up" #bridged interface in my conf > > Steve > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-net-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -- Best Wishes, Stefan Lambrev ICQ# 24134177
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