Re: Process priority in 2.4.18 (RedHat 7.3)

[Alan Cox]

> So the problem would appear to be that your networking *requires*
> ksoftirqd services to function.  Either:
> 
> 1) The driver is bust - its hard_start_xmit() function is failing
>    frequently, and relying on ksoftirqd to get things done (I think;
>    it's been a while).  Or

The ne2k card has little buffering. 

> 2) Something is wrong with the ksoftirqd design.  Or

I think its mostly #2. We invoke ksoftirq far far too easily.