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Date:      Tue, 14 Jun 2022 15:21:50 -0400
From:      mike tancsa <mike@sentex.net>
To:        Navdeep Parhar <np@FreeBSD.org>, FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: impact on performance by querying Chelsio NIC filter rules
Message-ID:  <6508c580-fbe5-1588-eb66-5240978d2f5c@sentex.net>
In-Reply-To: <781946ca-0f6e-7c80-134a-2c7166d7aeeb@FreeBSD.org>
References:  <ea213b9c-6ce1-b285-f32c-b6c9da77a2f7@sentex.net> <781946ca-0f6e-7c80-134a-2c7166d7aeeb@FreeBSD.org>

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On 6/14/2022 3:13 PM, Navdeep Parhar wrote:
> On 6/14/22 7:46 AM, mike tancsa wrote:
>> Hi All,
>>
>>      I have been making use of the built in filtering capabilities of 
>> the Chelsio 10G and above NICs with great success so far. I have a 
>> new project that would mean querying the card (via cxgbetool t5nex0 
>> filter list) every 5-10 seconds. Does the act of retrieving those 
>> values have any impact on the performance of the card ? I have about 
>> 50 rules right now.
>
> Filter retrieval in cxgbe is a lightweight activity involving a few 
> PCIe writes and reads.  It has no impact on the performance of the 
> hardware's data path.
>
>
Thanks Navdeep for the confirmation, not to mention the most excellent 
hardware and drivers!

     ---Mike





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