From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Dave Dillow Subject: Re: reminder, 2.6.18 window... Date: Thu, 25 May 2006 09:34:22 -0400 Message-ID: <1148564063.25551.2.camel@dillow.idleaire.com> References: <20060523.182217.59656237.davem@davemloft.net> <4474AE92.3030501@garzik.org> <20060524191442.GG22881@ipom.com> <200605241501.53477.bcook@bpointsys.com> <4474BD52.6020604@garzik.org> <20060525032357.4990425f.billfink@mindspring.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org Return-path: Received: from ns1.idleaire.net ([65.220.16.2]:53167 "EHLO iasrv1.idleaire.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S965182AbWEYNe2 (ORCPT ); Thu, 25 May 2006 09:34:28 -0400 To: Bill Fink In-Reply-To: <20060525032357.4990425f.billfink@mindspring.com> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org On Thu, 2006-05-25 at 03:23 -0400, Bill Fink wrote: > likely problem areas. The human mind (at least speaking for myself) is > not nearly as adept when having to deal with deltas. Yes, you can record > the initial state of all the devices, run the stress test, record the new > state of all the devices, and then spend a large amount of time devising > a script to calculate all the deltas for all the scores of variables on > all the involved devices, and then finally try and figure out what is > wrong. But it would be so much better, easier, and more efficient, if > the kernel simply provided such a feature that almost all other networking > devices provide. ftp://ftp.cup.hp.com/dist/networking/tools/beforeafter.tar.gz as Rick mentioned earlier, and then you won't need to write a complicated script. -- Dave Dillow