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<p><tt>Roland Dreier <rdreier@cisco.com> wrote on 10/18/2006 01:55:13 PM:<br>
> I would like to understand why there's a throughput difference with<br>
> scaling turned off, since the NAPI code doesn't change the interrupt<br>
> handling all that much, and should lower the CPU usage if anything.<br>
That's I am trying to understand now. </tt><br>
<tt>Yes, the send side rate dropped significant, cpu usage lower as well.</tt><br>
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<tt>> Does changing the netdev weight value affect anything?<br>
> <br>
> - R.<br>
No, it doesn't.</tt><br>
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Thanks<br>
Shirley Ma<br>
IBM Linux Technology Center</body></html>