two NIC on 2 core system (scheduling problem)

[Alexander Motin]

Bartosz Giza wrote:
> Could you tell me which chipset from intel would you recommend or you know 
> that is best from all that you tested.

I haven't investigated that specially to recommend something as most of
my cards are integrated, but now I have newer systems with:

em0 at pci13:0:0:  class=0x020000 card=0x108c15d9 chip=0x108c8086 rev=0x03
hdr=0x00
    vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
    device     = '82573E Intel Corporation 82573E Gigabit Ethernet
Controller (Copper)'
    class      = network
    subclass   = ethernet
    cap 01[c8] = powerspec 2  supports D0 D3  current D0
    cap 05[d0] = MSI supports 1 message, 64 bit enabled with 1 message
    cap 10[e0] = PCI-Express 1 endpoint

and older systems with:

em0 at pci2:10:0:  class=0x020000 card=0x12138086 chip=0x10138086 rev=0x00
hdr=0x00
    vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
    device     = '82541EI Gigabit Ethernet Controller (Copper)'
    class      = network
    subclass   = ethernet
    cap 01[dc] = powerspec 2  supports D0 D3  current D0
    cap 07[e4] = PCI-X supports 2048 burst read, 1 split transaction

I can't compare load directly now as load is different, but I have
noticed benefits after replacing old systems with new ones. General
recommendation is usual: newer is usually better. :)

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Alexander Motin