Arthur,
Thanks for the reply.
Not yet. Will try out the patch.
Ravi
-----Original Message-----
From: Arthur Kepner [mailto:akepner@xxxxxxx]
Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2005 10:29 AM
To: Ravinandan Arakali
Cc: netdev@xxxxxxxxxxx; bonding-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Leonid.
Grossman (E-mail); Raghavendra. Koushik (E-mail)
Subject: Re: High CPU utilization with Bonding driver ?
On Tue, 29 Mar 2005, Ravinandan Arakali wrote:
> ....
> Results(8 nttcp/chariot streams):
> ---------------------------------
> 1. Combined throughputs(but no bonding):
> 3.1 + 6.2 = 9.3 Gbps with 58% CPU idle.
>
> 2. eth0 and eth1 bonded together in LACP mode:
> 8.2 Gbps with 1% CPU idle.
>
> From the above results, when Bonding driver is used(#2), the CPUs are
> completely maxed out compared to the case when traffic is run
> simultaneously on both the cards(#1).
> Can anybody suggest some reasons for the above behavior ?
>
Ravi;
Have you tried this patch?
http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-netdev&m=111091146828779&w=2
If not, it will likely go a long way to solving your
problem.
--
Arthur
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