> Currently I use dual cpu xeon server x86-64 with hp enabled > two intel Gbit Nics 82547 > I have assigned every NIC irq to one phisical procesor but the two > virtual procesors stay idle > and are not used for ether routeing or shaping > Is there a way to split work from two NICs on 4 CPUs ? What do you expect to get? There are no 4 real CPUs. The only benefit that the HT technology has is when you need very fast switching between process/threads ... in this case the kernel should be prety good at it, and won't see any benefit from HT. (I guess you are talking about HT.. you've said hp up there) -- damjan | дамјан This is my jabber ID --> damjan@xxxxxxxxxxxx -- not my mail address, it's a Jabber ID --^ :) _______________________________________________ LARTC mailing list LARTC@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://mailman.ds9a.nl/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/lartc