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Subject: Re: bnx2/BCM5709: why 5 interrupts on a 4 core system (2.6.33.3)
Date: Tue, 18 May 2010 16:26:01 +0200
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Le mardi 18 mai 2010 =C3=A0 16:22 +0200, Krzysztof Ol=C4=99dzki a =C3=A9=
crit :

> Thank you. What happens if I set it to a lower/bigger value, than=20
> avaliable txqueues in a NIC?

lower values -> same situation than today (not all txqueues will be
used)

bigger values -> it will be capped, so its only a bit more ram
allocated.