Re: interrupt moderation for if_* [was: serious networking (em) ...]

From: Bjoern A. Zeeb <bzeeb-lists_at_lists.zabbadoz.net>
Date: Sun, 21 Nov 2004 12:55:59 +0000 (UTC)
On Sat, 20 Nov 2004, Dan Nelson wrote:

> In the last episode (Nov 20), Bjoern A. Zeeb said:
> > On Fri, 19 Nov 2004, Jeremie Le Hen wrote:
> > > >  Hi, Jeremie, how is this? To disable Interrupt Moderation,
> > > >  sysctl hw.em?.int_throttle_valve=0.
> > >
> > > Great, I would have called it "int_throttle_ceil", but that's a
> > > detail and my opinion is totally subjective.
> > >
> > > >  However, because this patch is just made now, it is not fully tested.
> > >
> > > I'll give it a try this weekend although I won't be able to make
> > > performance mesurements.
> >
> > when thinking about this could there be some "global" way for
> > interrupt moderation; For if_sk there is this PR:
> > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=kern/41220
> >
> > something 'unique' to all NIC drivers would be good I guess ?
>
> You need NIC support for it, just like checksum offloading.  And other

good example;) We do have [-,]{rxcsum, txcsum} in ifconfig for
turning this on/off if supported.

What I meant is to have common names for the interface (sysctl) for
all NICs supporting this - "on grep finds all" and not to start
home-brewed names for each driver.

There might be some different names needed because int_delay,
int_throttle_ceil or sk_interrupt_mod might or might not achieve the
same but if they do names should be same.


> drivers offer more sysctls; fxp lets you choose the maximum delay and
> maximum packets to hold before firing an interrupt.

great; someone should improve fxp.4 I guess ;)

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Bjoern A. Zeeb				bzeeb at Zabbadoz dot NeT
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