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From: Rick Jones <rick.jones2@hp.com>
Subject: Re: NIU - Sun Neptune 10g - Transmit timed out reset (2.6.24)
Date: Fri, 09 May 2008 16:33:37 -0700
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Jesper Krogh wrote:
> Rick Jones wrote:
> 
>>>> To which cpu(s) were the neptune's interrupts assigned? (grep <ethN> 
>>>> /proc/interrupts)
>>>
>>>
>>> Several
>>
>>
>> Which ones?-)  I suspect that since it is several that at least 
>> answers the MSI_X question right?  Or is it possible to have a single 
>> device have several MSI interrupts?

Well, the output below anwered my question about multiple MSI's from a 
single device :)

> 
> 
> The table is rather large.
> http://rafb.net/p/a9zfFA59.html

So, over time at least, the interrupts have been spread over half the 
cores in the system.  This is where the block diagram showing the socket 
and I/O slot connections would be useful.

For the interrupts over a given interval, one can take snapshots at 
either end of the interval and then run them through beforeafter:

ftp://ftp.cup.hp.com/dist/networking/tools/

I think that collectl might have something there too.


I guess the addresses in use weren't sufficient to get interrupts spread 
across all 24 IRQ's.

rick jones