em forwarding performance (was Proposed 6.2 em RELEASE patch

[Mike Tancsa]

At 03:06 AM 11/28/2006, Massimo Lusetti wrote:

>FWIW I would definitively like to see it. But thanks for going so far..

Tried it with the patch branch.  With the em nics, the box locks up 
with 2 streams.  It works now with bge, but rates are pretty slow 
(220Kpps), and very slow with pf enabled.  This was done with 
SMP.   While forwarding, the box is not responsive at all.

         ---Mike