Re: [patch] softirq performance fixes, cleanups, 2.4.10.

Rik van Riel (riel@conectiva.com.br)
Fri, 28 Sep 2001 14:21:07 -0300 (BRST)


On Fri, 28 Sep 2001 kuznet@ms2.inr.ac.ru wrote:

> Please, explain who exactly obtains an advantage of looping.
> net_rx_action()? Do you see drops in backlog?

> net_tx_action()? It does not look critical.

Then how would you explain the 10% speed difference
Ben and others have seen with gigabit ethernet ?

regards,

Rik

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