Robert Dunkley schrieb: > Its sounds like it is single threaded. Which NIC and driver are you > using, is it MultiQueue? > The NIC is a "Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme II BCM5708 Gigabit Ethernet" and the modinfo tells about the driver this: ~# modinfo bnx2 filename: /lib/modules/2.6.18-6-amd64/kernel/drivers/net/bnx2.ko author: Michael Chan <mchan@xxxxxxxxxxxx> description: Broadcom NetXtreme II BCM5706/5708 Driver license: GPL version: 1.4.44 vermagic: 2.6.18-6-amd64 SMP mod_unload gcc-4.1 I must admit that Multiqueue is a new concept for me so I need to do some research. AFAIK it is available since kernel 2.6.28, isn't it? Cheers, Markus
