> Did you remember to configure NAPI for the e1000 driver (it is optional). As far as I can tell, it's on by default. A 'make menuconfig' shows "Use Rx Polling (NAPI)" as being enabled. -----Original Message----- From: Stephen Hemminger [mailto:shemminger@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Wednesday, 7 November 2007 9:19 AM To: Leigh Sharpe Cc: Vaidas M; bridge@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Lowering CPU utilisation On Wed, 7 Nov 2007 08:51:41 +1100 "Leigh Sharpe" <lsharpe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I'm using e1000 cards. > According to oprofile, around 50% of the time is spent in the e1000 > driver. > Given that my load average is still under 0.5, I suspect I've got plenty > of room for the driver to handle more traffic before I need to worry too > much. > > Did you remember to configure NAPI for the e1000 driver (it is optional). -- Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> _______________________________________________ Bridge mailing list Bridge@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.linux-foundation.org/mailman/listinfo/bridge
