Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755003AbXJHWgM (ORCPT ); Mon, 8 Oct 2007 18:36:12 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752744AbXJHWf4 (ORCPT ); Mon, 8 Oct 2007 18:35:56 -0400 Received: from mga01.intel.com ([192.55.52.88]:46883 "EHLO mga01.intel.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751897AbXJHWfz convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Mon, 8 Oct 2007 18:35:55 -0400 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.21,244,1188802800"; d="scan'208";a="339657359" X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5 Content-class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Subject: RE: parallel networking Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2007 15:35:53 -0700 Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <20071008.153353.58431888.davem@davemloft.net> X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: parallel networking Thread-Index: AcgJ+1AYIPsS107gTaeCuUybicteKgAABjOA References: <470A3D24.3050803@garzik.org><20071008.141154.107706003.davem@davemloft.net><1191882618.4373.99.camel@localhost> <20071008.153353.58431888.davem@davemloft.net> From: "Waskiewicz Jr, Peter P" To: "David Miller" , Cc: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , X-OriginalArrivalTime: 08 Oct 2007 22:35:54.0161 (UTC) FILETIME=[9635D210:01C809FB] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 721 Lines: 16 > Multiply whatever effect you think you might be able to > measure due to that on your 2 or 4 way system, and multiple > it up to 64 cpus or so for machines I am using. This is > where machines are going, and is going to become the norm. That along with speeds going to 10 GbE with multiple Tx/Rx queues (with 40 and 100 GbE under discussion now), where multiple CPU's hitting the driver are needed to push line rate without cratering the entire machine. -PJ Waskiewicz - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/