FreeBSD boxes as a 'router'...

Tue Nov 20 23:11:33 UTC 2012

Am 20.11.2012 23:49, schrieb Alfred Perlstein:
> On 11/20/12 2:42 PM, Jim Thompson wrote:
>> On Nov 20, 2012, at 3:52 PM, Barney Cordoba 
>> <barney_cordoba at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>> You're entitled to your opinion, but experimental results have tended 
>> to show yours incorrect.
>>
>> Jim
> Agree with Jim.  If you want pure packet performance you burn a core 
> to run a polling loop. 

At new systems, without polling I had better performance and no live-locks,
at old systems (Intel 82541GI) polling prevent live-locks.

Best test:
Loop a GigE Switch, inject a Packet and plug it into the test-box.

Kind regards,
     Ingo Flaschberger