netdev - Re: [PATCH] NET: Multiqueue network device support.

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Message-Id: <1182983565.5155.12.camel@localhost>
Date:	Wed, 27 Jun 2007 18:32:45 -0400
From:	jamal <hadi@...erus.ca>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	yi.zhu@...el.com, kaber@...sh.net, peter.p.waskiewicz.jr@...el.com,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, jeff@...zik.org, auke-jan.h.kok@...el.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] NET: Multiqueue network device support.

On Tue, 2007-26-06 at 13:57 -0700, David Miller wrote:
> From: jamal <hadi@...erus.ca>
> Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2007 09:27:28 -0400
> 
> > Back to the question: Do you recall how this number was arrived at? 
> > 128 packets will be sent out at GiGe in about 80 microsecs, so from a
> > feel-the-wind-direction perspective it seems reasonable.
> 
> I picked it out of a hat.

It is not a bad value for Gige; doubt it will be a good one for 10/100
or even 10GE.
But you could say that about the ring sizes too.

cheers,
jamal

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