Re: NAPI-ized tulip patch against 2.4.20-rc1

[jamal <hadi@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 6 Nov 2002, Donald Becker wrote:

> I can see that changing the parameters is a quick, ad hoc solution.
> This list should focus on identifying the problems, rather than just
> patching in work-arounds.
>

Well said.
Tuning the receive ring is still a mystery; what i have noticed is that
depending on the number of NICs on the system, the most optimal value
varies. Typically, extremely large or small values are bad.

cheers,
jamal