Subject: Re: _High_ CPU usage while routing (mostly) small UDP packets

From: Karsten Desler <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 7 Dec 2004 14:14:45 +0100

* jamal wrote:
> > # sar -I 169 5 5
> > 11:20:05         INTR    intr/s
> > 11:20:10          169  10401.40
> 
> That doesnt seem to be too high. 

To recap: 169 is a fibre e1000, eth1 is one of two ports on a dualport
e1000 copper nic. eth1 is still running at about 4k int/s.

14:12:18         INTR    intr/s
14:12:23          169  34012.80
14:12:28          169  33977.60
14:12:33          169  34218.16
14:12:38          169  34060.60
14:12:43          169  34252.60
Average:          169  34104.40

Cheers,
 Karsten