netdev - Re: [E1000-devel] intel 82599 multi-port performance

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Message-ID: <4E80BA91.2040803@genband.com>
Date:	Mon, 26 Sep 2011 11:46:57 -0600
From:	Chris Friesen <chris.friesen@...band.com>
To:	Ben Greear <greearb@...delatech.com>
CC:	Alexander Duyck <alexander.h.duyck@...el.com>,
	"e1000-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net" 
	<e1000-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net>,
	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Brandeburg, Jesse" <jesse.brandeburg@...el.com>,
	"J.Hwan.Kim" <j.hwan.kim99@...il.com>, frog1120@...il.com
Subject: Re: [E1000-devel] intel 82599 multi-port performance

On 09/26/2011 11:24 AM, Ben Greear wrote:
> On 09/26/2011 09:40 AM, Chris Friesen wrote:

>> To any of the Intel guys out there...any ideas? Can an 82599 on an 8x
>> bus handle max line rate with minimum size packets?
>
> Rick Jones sent me an interesting link related to this. Short answer seems
> to be 'yes', but it seems not for any normal off-the-shelf software stack.
>
>  > This: http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.network/203602 should
> lead you to some slide.

Interesting.  I wonder if Intel's DPDK will be the only way to handle 
those sorts of packet rates.

Chris

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