Date: Tue, 01 Nov 2005 18:41:14 +0300 From: Igor Robul <igorr@speechpro.com> To: Sunil Sunder Raj <unixtools@hotmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Is Device pooling / HZ option Documented anywhere Message-ID: <43678C9A.2090008@speechpro.com> In-Reply-To: <BAY106-F34AC97AAA4762A4204CF3BAE6F0@phx.gbl> References: <BAY106-F34AC97AAA4762A4204CF3BAE6F0@phx.gbl>
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Sunil Sunder Raj wrote: > Hi, > Is Device pooling / HZ option documented anywhere. I am in the > process of upgrading my firewall to freebsd 5.4 tuned for network > performance. Need further information regarding Device pooling / HZ. Also make sure, that you really need polling, because most current network cards do not generate interrupt on each packet. At least when I tried polling on my 5-netcard router, performance was dropped.
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