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Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2005 15:09:00 -0700
From: Jon Simola <jsimola@gmail.com>
To: Eivind Hestnes <eivind.hestnes@stabbursmoen.no>, net@freebsd.org
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Subject: Re: Performance Intel Pro 1000 MT (PWLA8490MT)
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On 4/19/05, Eivind Hestnes <eivind.hestnes@stabbursmoen.no> wrote:
> Thanks for the advice. Didn't do any difference, though.. Perhaps I
> should try to increase the polling frequency..

> >>I have an Intel Pro 1000 MT (PWLA8490MT) NIC (em(4) driver 1.7.35) inst=
alled
> >>in a Pentium III 500 Mhz with 512 MB RAM (100 Mhz) running FreeBSD 5.4-=
RC3.
> >>The machine is routing traffic between multiple VLANs.

I'm running Supermicro P4SCE's with dual onboard Intel Gig, and a few
in my bridging firewall (though they're PWLA8390MT and not your 8490).

> >>eivind@core-gw:~$ sysctl -a | grep kern.polling
> >>kern.polling.handlers: 0

No handlers? On all my boxes I've got one handler per polled device.

--=20
Jon Simola
Systems Administrator
ABC Communications