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On 15.10.2012 20:39, Jack Vogel wrote:
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>
>
> I did not want to add it back, there were problems that constrained me
> to do so, although its
> been some time, I'd be happy to do some testing again without and see.
>
We've got more than hundred routers/firewalls running under heavy load 
without this lock (pre- 2.3.8 version, modified drivers) on both ixgbe / 
igb.


> Jack
>
>


-- 
WBR, Alexander