* David Sperry <dave_sperry@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > > there are a few other things i'm working on to improve this. I've > > uploaded -rt9 which is the current state of affairs. Note that using > > -rt9 you'll likely only see IRQ-8406 overhead in the system, because > > i've added an optimization to do process the softirq-net-tx workload > > in the hardirq thread if the priority of the two is the same (which > > is the default behavior). But -rt9 is still work in progress that is > > not fully finished yet: in some cases i'm seeing 'fluctuating > > performance' problems on forcedeth that werent there before. > > I tried -rt9 and saw some odd 'fluctuating performance'. I'll try it > again tomorrow when I am much closer to the box's power button. could you try -rt10? I've improved hardirq/softirq threading performance some more, and have tuned the forcedeth driver too. Ingo - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-rt-users" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
