From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
To: bhutchings@solarflare.com
Cc: tony.luck@intel.com, jgarzik@redhat.com,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org,
netdev@vger.kernel.org, matthew@wil.cx, holt@sgi.com,
linux-net-drivers@solarflare.com
Subject: Re: [Patch] fix ia64 build failure when CONFIG_SFC=m
Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2008 21:00:40 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20080729.140040.72089155.davem@davemloft.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20080729174839.GG10471@solarflare.com>
From: Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@solarflare.com>
Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2008 18:48:41 +0100
> I think a single core in each package can generally saturate the
> memory bus and this is why spreading the load wider is not useful.
I disagree, especially for routing and firewall setups.
You want as many cpu threads as possible, even on the same core,
doing the routing and firewall lookups through the various
datastructures, in parallel.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-07-29 21:00 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-07-29 1:36 [Patch] fix ia64 build failure when CONFIG_SFC=m Robin Holt
2008-07-29 17:23 ` Luck, Tony
2008-07-29 17:48 ` Ben Hutchings
2008-07-29 21:00 ` David Miller [this message]
2008-07-30 13:35 ` Ben Hutchings
2008-07-30 22:18 ` David Miller
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