Martin Frey wrote:
> I just patched a freshed 2.4.0-test5 and booted an
> ES40 with 4 CPUs with it. The server is diskless,
> all filesystems come from an NFS server. I recompiled
> the kernel on the NFS volume, so networking seems
> to work.
> Are there any specific tests that could help?
Yes there is. When the ethernet driver's interrupt is
on CPU1, the ping response is *very* slow without the
fix. Pings taking 400-10000ms. With a 2 cpu machine,
every other ifconfig lands the ethernet on CPU1. With
the fix, you should see no difference in ping times between
the CPUs.
Kris Corwin
Mission Critical Linux
corwin@MissionCriticalLinux.com
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