Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list netdev); Mon, 03 Jan 2005 20:10:22 -0800 (PST) Received: from mx03.cybersurf.com (mx03.cybersurf.com [209.197.145.106]) by oss.sgi.com (8.13.0/8.13.0) with ESMTP id j0449nhC013152 for ; Mon, 3 Jan 2005 20:10:09 -0800 Received: from mail.cyberus.ca ([209.197.145.21]) by mx03.cybersurf.com with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1Clg9K-0007uH-Sz for netdev@oss.sgi.com; Mon, 03 Jan 2005 23:18:26 -0500 Received: from cpe0030ab124d2f-cm014500000962.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com ([24.103.99.32] helo=[10.0.0.9]) by mail.cyberus.ca with esmtp (Exim 4.20) id 1Clg9D-0003FZ-SU; Mon, 03 Jan 2005 23:18:20 -0500 Subject: Re: [openib-general] Re: LLTX and netif_stop_queue From: jamal Reply-To: hadi@cyberus.ca To: Grant Grundler Cc: Eric Lemoine , Roland Dreier , netdev@oss.sgi.com, Andi Kleen , openib-general@openib.org, Patrick McHardy , "David S. Miller" In-Reply-To: <20050103171227.GD7370@esmail.cup.hp.com> References: <5cac192f0412230110628749e3@mail.gmail.com> <41CAF444.3000305@trash.net> <5cac192f04122408102129af43@mail.gmail.com> <1104240717.1100.66.camel@jzny.localdomain> <5cac192f0501021530672a908a@mail.gmail.com> <1104764660.1048.578.camel@jzny.localdomain> <52brc68q05.fsf@topspin.com> <5cac192f05010308414a25b548@mail.gmail.com> <527jmu8nbw.fsf@topspin.com> <5cac192f0501030907c755135@mail.gmail.com> <20050103171227.GD7370@esmail.cup.hp.com> Content-Type: text/plain Organization: jamalopolous Message-Id: <1104812294.1085.53.camel@jzny.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.2.2 Date: 03 Jan 2005 23:18:14 -0500 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.80/645/Mon Dec 27 14:56:20 2004 clamav-milter version 0.80j on 127.0.0.1 X-Virus-Status: Clean X-archive-position: 13368 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: netdev-bounce@oss.sgi.com Errors-to: netdev-bounce@oss.sgi.com X-original-sender: hadi@cyberus.ca Precedence: bulk X-list: netdev On Mon, 2005-01-03 at 12:12, Grant Grundler wrote: > Some workloads that Jamal cares about (routing) only need 2 cpus. What bothers me is more the complexity this has introduced more than the workload. OTOH, 1-2% improvement posted by Roland is good justification. cheers, jamal