DCB is not enabled.

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On  Dec 13 11:36-0800, Waskiewicz Jr, Peter P wrote:
> I see you are getting 24 Tx queues enabled, so I'm really curious why the
> kernel is only using one Tx queue.  Do you by chance have DCB enabled?
> 
> PJ Waskiewicz
> [email protected]
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Eldon Koyle [mailto:[email protected]] 
> Sent: Monday, December 13, 2010 10:37 AM
> To: Waskiewicz Jr, Peter P
> Cc: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [E1000-devel] ixgbe with many processors
> 
> Attached is the full dmesg output.  The first is for the 2.6.36 kernel with
> ixgbe 3.1.15 and LRO disabled at compile time (the documentation says to
> disable it for bridging/routing).
> 
> The second is 2.6.32 with the in-kernel module.
> 
> I also noticed that we are using 16 RX queues but only 1 TX queue on these
> interfaces (according to ethtool -S, with 24 queues in each direction).
> 
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> Eldon Koyle
> System Administration Operations
> Information Technology
> Utah State University
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> 
> On  Dec 13  1:18-0800, Waskiewicz Jr, Peter P wrote:
> > Eldon,
> > 
> > Can you attach your dmesg output after you bring your interface(s) online?
> > I'd like to see if Flow Director (ATR) is being disabled for some 
> > reason, and RSS is being enabled.
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > 
> > PJ Waskiewicz
> > [email protected]
> > 
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Eldon Koyle [mailto:[email protected]]
> > Sent: Friday, December 10, 2010 3:36 PM
> > To: Waskiewicz Jr, Peter P
> > Cc: [email protected]
> > Subject: Re: [E1000-devel] ixgbe with many processors
> > 
> > We have tried the in-kernel drivers from 2.6.32 and 2.6.36 running on 
> > Debian unstable.  We also tried version 3.0.14 downloaded from 
> > intel.com.  It looks like 3.1.15 was released a few days ago, do you 
> > think that will make any difference?
> > 
> > It does create 24 RxTx interrupts for each interface, we just aren't 
> > seeing any traffic come in past the first 16.
> > 
> > --
> > Eldon Koyle
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> > On  Dec 10 14:48-0800, Waskiewicz Jr, Peter P wrote:
> > > It sounds like you're using an older kernel, perhaps something based 
> > > on RHEL5?  If this is the case, then you're defaulting to using RSS 
> > > for
> > receive
> > > side filtering, which is limited to 16 queues.
> > > 
> > > PJ Waskiewicz
> > > [email protected]
> > > 
> > > 
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Eldon Koyle [mailto:[email protected]]
> > > Sent: Friday, December 10, 2010 2:08 PM
> > > To: [email protected]
> > > Subject: [E1000-devel] ixgbe with many processors
> > > 
> > > We are evaluating some new hardware to be used as firewalls.
> > > 
> > > We are using a dual-port 82599-based card.
> > > 
> > > Currently, we have an AMD box with 2x12-core processors in it, and 
> > > an intel box with 2x6-core processors and hyperthreading.  The ixgbe 
> > > driver creates 24 interrupts, but we only recieve packets on 16 of 
> > > them.  We have tried both the in-kernel and the latest stable drivers
> from intel.
> > > The documentation claims that these cards support up to 64(?) 
> > > interrupts.  Am I doing something wrong?
> > > 
> > > (Also, I have been unable to subscribe to this list, so please CC 
> > > me.)
> > > 
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