Hi,

On Fri, Jan 08, 2010 at 06:54:42PM +0200, Delian Krustev wrote:

> I've disabled it due to:
> 
> Jan  6 15:38:24 ggaoed[1360]: net/eth1: Failed to set up the TX ring buffer: 
> Protocol not available
> Jan  6 15:38:24 ggaoed[1360]: net/eth1: Set up 2048 KiB ring buffer (1344 
> RX/0 TX packets)

So you have a kernel older than 2.6.31.

> It seems to me that ( when it is enabled in the ggaoed configs ) it is only 
> enabled for the
> received packets.

Yes, the sending side needs a newer kernel.

> I was not able to notice any performance differences between the two, and 
> disabled it
> in order to have the same settings for RX/TX .

The effect is less CPU time used, if you're handling a large number of
packets.

Gabor

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