[openib-general] [PATCH 2.6.19 3/4] ehca: Kconfig: activate scaling code as default to prevent drop packets (UD)
Hoang-Nam Nguyen
hnguyen at de.ibm.com
Sun Nov 5 12:42:20 PST 2006
Hello Roland!
Here is a small patch of ehca's Kconfig that activates scaling code as default.
After several measurements we saw that this feature prevents drop packets (UD)
in stress situation. Thus, enabling it helps to improve ehca's bandwidth through
ipoib.
Thanks!
Nam
Signed-off-by: Hoang-Nam Nguyen <hnguyen at de.ibm.com>
---
Kconfig | 1 +
1 files changed, 1 insertion(+)
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/ehca/Kconfig b/drivers/infiniband/hw/ehca/Kconfig
index 922389b..727b10d 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/ehca/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/ehca/Kconfig
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ config INFINIBAND_EHCA
config INFINIBAND_EHCA_SCALING
bool "Scaling support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
depends on IBMEBUS && INFINIBAND_EHCA && HOTPLUG_CPU && EXPERIMENTAL
+ default y
---help---
eHCA scaling support schedules the CQ callbacks to different CPUs.
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diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/ehca/Kconfig b/drivers/infiniband/hw/ehca/Kconfig
index 922389b..727b10d 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/ehca/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/ehca/Kconfig
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ config INFINIBAND_EHCA
config INFINIBAND_EHCA_SCALING
bool "Scaling support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
depends on IBMEBUS && INFINIBAND_EHCA && HOTPLUG_CPU && EXPERIMENTAL
+ default y
---help---
eHCA scaling support schedules the CQ callbacks to different CPUs.
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