From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Mar 19 16: 2: 6 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from et-gw.etinc.com (et-gw.etinc.com [207.252.1.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 34B9C37B71C for ; Mon, 19 Mar 2001 16:01:59 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dennis@etinc.com) Received: from dbsys.etinc.com (dbsys.etinc.com [207.252.1.18]) by et-gw.etinc.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id SAA03869; Mon, 19 Mar 2001 18:59:10 GMT (envelope-from dennis@etinc.com) Message-Id: <5.0.0.25.0.20010319191312.03fd65d0@mail.etinc.com> X-Sender: dennis@mail.etinc.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.0 Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2001 19:14:54 -0500 To: Thierry Herbelot , =?iso-8859-1?Q?M=E5rten?= =?iso-8859-1?Q?_Wikstr=F6m?= From: Dennis Subject: Re: Routing latency Cc: "'freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org'" In-Reply-To: <3AB65EC9.4D969490@herbelot.com> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG At 02:32 PM 03/19/2001, Thierry Herbelot wrote: >Hello, > >the FreeBSD TCP/IP stack uses the "system tick timer" for some delay >(maybe only for TCP). > >you may want to use a HZ=1000 option (see the LINT config file) in a >recompiled kernel and see if things go better. (moreover, the dc(4) >driver which is used for your NIC has some interesting performance >improvements in the forthcoming 4.3-Release) > > TfH Cool. Is the 21143 now started in store-and-forward mode and has the mandatory watchdog timeout been fixed? Im getting tired of hacking it every release. DB To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message