[ofa-general] SRP/mlx4 interrupts throttling performance

[Cameron Harr]

Vladislav Bolkhovitin wrote:
> Cameron Harr wrote:
>> Vladislav Bolkhovitin wrote:
>>> I guess, you use a regular caching IO? The lowest packet size it can 
>>> produce is a PAGE_SIZE (4K). Target can't change it. You can have 
>>> lower packets only with O_DIRECT or sg interface. But I'm not sure 
>>> it will be performance effective.
>> I do everything with Direct IO, which is automatic when using the 
>> BLOCKIO method in SCST.
>
> I meant on initiator(s), not on the target.
>
Sorry - but yes, I always run the benchmark apps with direct IO