From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: jamal Subject: Re: Network card IRQ balancing with Intel 5000 series chipsets Date: Tue, 26 Dec 2006 13:44:18 -0500 Message-ID: <1167158658.3746.12.camel@localhost> References: <7e63f56c0612240134s452f6510h8483fb31e5efe799@mail.gmail.com> <1167039303.3281.1574.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> <7e63f56c0612250326td172f28n532435b23d18b69f@mail.gmail.com> <1167046499.3281.1623.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> <7e63f56c0612250454g5520bd6aja0fb9ab2656ff74e@mail.gmail.com> Reply-To: hadi@cyberus.ca Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Arjan van de Ven , netdev@vger.kernel.org Return-path: Received: from wx-out-0506.google.com ([66.249.82.227]:40683 "EHLO wx-out-0506.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932750AbWLZSoW (ORCPT ); Tue, 26 Dec 2006 13:44:22 -0500 Received: by wx-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id h27so3943594wxd for ; Tue, 26 Dec 2006 10:44:21 -0800 (PST) To: Robert Iakobashvili In-Reply-To: <7e63f56c0612250454g5520bd6aja0fb9ab2656ff74e@mail.gmail.com> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org If you compile in PCI-E support you should have more control of the MSI-X, no? I would tie the MSI to a specific processor statically; my past experiences with any form of interupt balancing with network loads has been horrible. cheers, jamal On Mon, 2006-25-12 at 14:54 +0200, Robert Iakobashvili wrote: > Arjan, > > On 12/25/06, Arjan van de Ven wrote: > > On Mon, 2006-12-25 at 13:26 +0200, Robert Iakobashvili wrote: > > > > > > > it can still be done using the TPR (Thread Priority Register) of the > > APIC. It's just... not there in Linux (other OSes do use this). > > Interesting. > Have you any specific pointers for doing it (beyond Internet search)? > Your input would be very much appreciated. > Thank you. > >