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Date:      Wed, 11 May 2005 13:16:59 +0530
From:      Subhro <subhro.kar@gmail.com>
To:        Rob <spamrefuse@yahoo.com>
Cc:        FreeBSD Stable <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: xl(4) & polling
Message-ID:  <4281B873.7020208@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20050511074309.8454.qmail@web54001.mail.yahoo.com>
References:  <20050511074309.8454.qmail@web54001.mail.yahoo.com>

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On 5/11/2005 13:13, Rob wrote:

>--- Subhro <subhro.kar@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>  
>
>>On 5/11/2005 8:04, Rob wrote:
>>
>>    
>>
>>>All computers are running 5-Stable, as of May 10.
>>>All, but PC1 with fxp, use polling, with:
>>>  options DEVICE_POLLING
>>>  options HZ=1000
>>> 
>>>
>>>      
>>>
>>1000 IMHO seems a bit too heavy. Try something
>>lower.
>>    
>>
>
>Same problem. Ssh-tunnel connection is also disrupted
>with HZ=100. May I conclude that the HZ value is not
>the culprit? Or should I try once again with HZ=10?
>  
>
100 should be fine. 10 would be a bit too much overkill.

>kern.ipc.nmbclusters is 4928 for this PC.
>Is that good or bad?
>  
>
What is the purpose of the box? Give a description of the network traffic.

>"sysctl -a | grep -i polling" gives following:
>kern.polling.burst: 150
>kern.polling.each_burst: 5
>kern.polling.burst_max: 150
>kern.polling.idle_poll: 0
>kern.polling.poll_in_trap: 0
>kern.polling.user_frac: 50
>kern.polling.reg_frac: 20
>kern.polling.short_ticks: 0
>kern.polling.lost_polls: 6
>kern.polling.pending_polls: 0
>kern.polling.residual_burst: 0
>kern.polling.handlers: 0
>kern.polling.enable: 0
>kern.polling.phase: 0
>kern.polling.suspect: 6
>kern.polling.stalled: 0
>kern.polling.idlepoll_sleeping: 1
><118>kern.polling.enable: 
><118>xl0: flags=18843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,
>                         MULTICAST,POLLING> mtu 1500
><118>   options=49<RXCSUM,VLAN_MTU,POLLING>
><118>xl1: flags=18843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,
>                         MULTICAST,POLLING> mtu 1500
><118>   options=49<RXCSUM,VLAN_MTU,POLLING>
>
>  
>
Did you use any strange CFLAGS like -O3 or -f* compile time options when 
you built the system?

Regards
S.

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