Netra T1 105 (sparc64) optimization

[Alexandre Vieira]

On 11/30/06, Andrew Belashov <bel at orel.ru> wrote:
>
> Hello, All!
>
> Miles Nordin wrote:
> >>>>>> "av" == Alexandre Vieira <nullpt at gmail.com> writes:
> >
> >     av> kernel/tunables recommendations,
> >
> > I suggest device polling.  This will increase the pps you can forward,
> > and optimistically cause the machine to drop packets rather than go
> > into livelock if the pps exceeds its ability.  IMHO it should be used
> > on any router.  and IIRC it does work with the hme driver.
>
> I use device polling(4) patch for hme(4):
> <
> http://docs.freebsd.org/cgi/getmsg.cgi?fetch=17147+0+archive/2006/freebsd-sparc64/20060423.freebsd-sparc64
> >
>
> --
> With Best Regards,
> Andrew Belashov.
>
>
Hi,

Thanks for the tips!

I've added the patch for hme polling and I'm recompiling the kernel. I've
striped the kernel a lot and I'm compiling with -pipe -O2
-fno-strict-aliasing.

AFAIK there isn't any CPUTYPE available for this cpu.

TIA
-- 
Alexandre Vieira - nullpt at gmail.com