Now i havent assaign any HLDS to anything and i still got the hardware interrupts. Should i run only 10 HLDS on a 12 core machine so they dont use core 0 and 11 or what? :S
> Date: Sat, 4 Jun 2011 08:49:18 +0100 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] Hardware interrupts > > Hi, > > > Hello. Did not really know where I would have to go with my problem, > > but I take a chance that anyone here maybe can help me with my > > problem. > > > > > > As the topic reveals, I get a lot of "hardware interrupts" on my > > Debian based server. The problem arises as soon as any of my HLDS > > processes use core 0 or 11. > > > > Now I have assigned 10 HLDS installations to core 1-10. But as soon > > as I assign HLDS number 11 to core 0 or 11 the Hardware interrupts > > occurs. > > > > This problem occurs even if I dont assign HLDS number 11 to any core, > > and run it on auto and as soon as core 0 and 11 grabs process, I get > > "hardware interrupts". > > My guess, and it is just a guess, is that cores 0 and 11 are being used > by default to poll the network cards for packets (see Linux NAPI) rather > than waiting for interrupts. > > When you put a HLDS process on that core you stop the polling from being > fast enough and so interrupts are needed. > > Switching back to interrupts is less efficient, but not fatal. > > A > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please > visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
