Re: netpoll question

2007-03-28 Thread Stephen Hemminger
Steve Wise wrote: On Wed, 2007-03-28 at 16:28 -0700, Mark Huth wrote: Steve Wise wrote: Hey all, I have netpoll question. How does netpoll work with MSI/X, NAPI, and nics that setup multiple RSS style receive queues for a single port? >From what I can tell, if you're doing something l

Re: netpoll question

2007-03-28 Thread Steve Wise
On Wed, 2007-03-28 at 16:28 -0700, Mark Huth wrote: > Steve Wise wrote: > > Hey all, > > > > I have netpoll question. How does netpoll work with MSI/X, NAPI, and > > nics that setup multiple RSS style receive queues for a single port? > > >From what I can tell, if you're doing something like netdu

Re: netpoll question

2007-03-28 Thread Mark Huth
Steve Wise wrote: Hey all, I have netpoll question. How does netpoll work with MSI/X, NAPI, and nics that setup multiple RSS style receive queues for a single port? >From what I can tell, if you're doing something like netdump using netpoll for IO, then you might never process incoming packets