device_polling

[Anthony Atkielski]

dick hoogendijk writes:

> I build a kernel with devoce_polling and hz=1000 and experimented a bit.
> Using "netstat -w 1" I see a drop in performance. In/output is about 20%
> higher if polling is disabled. That was not what I expexted. I really
> thought polling would be better. I use cheap rl (realtec 8139) cards.

How fast is the processor on your system?

-- 
Anthony