Re: [announce] [patch] limiting IRQ load, irq-rewrite-2.4.11-B5

Robert Olsson (Robert.Olsson@data.slu.se)
Mon, 8 Oct 2001 19:42:08 +0200


jamal writes:
>
> This was Robert actually; conclusion was Interupts are very expensive. If
> we can get rid of as many of them as possible, we are getting a side
> benefit. I cant find the old data, but Robert has some data over here:
> http://robur.slu.se/Linux/net-development/experiments/010301

Jamal!

I think you ment:
http://robur.slu.se/Linux/net-development/experiments/010313

MB with PIC irq controller IO-APIC boards does a lot better.

Cheers.

--ro
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