From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ugo Bellavance Subject: Re: FC2 + PowerEdge 2650 + smp kernel + iptables rules loading slow Date: Tue, 07 Dec 2004 11:42:02 -0500 Message-ID: References: <41B5DBB3.1030009@net-m.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <41B5DBB3.1030009@net-m.de> List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: netfilter-bounces@lists.netfilter.org Errors-To: netfilter-bounces@lists.netfilter.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format="flowed" To: netfilter@lists.netfilter.org Iulian Topliceanu wrote: > Hi, > > I recently noticed the following: > > OS: FC2 > Kernel: 2.6.8smp and 2.6.8 > Hardware: Dell PowerEdge with 2 x 2.8 CPUs, 2 GB RAM etc. > iptables version: iptables-1.2.9-2.3.1 > > The thing is: > > 1 - when booting a 2.6.8smp kernel (and as well 2.6.Xsmp) it takes about > 1 min and 25 seconds to load 114 iptables rules. > > 2 - when booting a 2.6.8 kernel (so without smp) it only takes 20 > seconds to load the same rules. > > I've tried several iptables verions but the results were the same. > > The question: why? :) > > I know that there was a bug regarding Dell PowerEdge 2650 and FC1 with > smp kernels (the machine wasn't booting) but does now anyone have a clue > where to look or how to solve this issue? > > It's a waste to use e dual CPU machine with a non-smp kernel and I'm not > allowed to install another OS because of the company policies. Maybe you should ask on the netfilter newsgroup. > > Thanks for you support, > Iulian Topliceanu