From: Simon Kirby <sim@netnation.com> Date: Thu, 22 May 2003 04:44:38 -0700 There's no APIC on this test box, so it's using the XT-PIC. Production has an APIC, so I assume the overhead would be less there. It is absolutely critical for routing throughput. XT-PIC overhead severely limits your maximum packets/second switching rate. Another thing to watch out for are drivers still using PIO to access device registers (3c59x comes to mind). - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-net" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
