> For 2.3.x we realistically have to be forwarding packets off
> interrupts, doing intelligent interrupt reduction (something 1Gbit
> cards are actually normally good at without much help) and making
> net_bh a per cpu handler.
Umm. For networking at that speeds, they should have bus mastering
capabilities and the ability to dump packets directly into (or vice versa)
the system's memory without bothering the main processor to do something.
Isn't this what the I20 stuff is for? I feel sorry for my poor machine
just thinking about the poor little processor scurrying its little feet
off on passing these packets around at these speeds. 8)
Cheers,
Alex
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