won't help. it does not adjust the scheduler in that way, at all
> just wondering if anyone else has tried using renice to > de-prioritise other processes in an effort to give more cpu > time to packet forwarding in the kernel ? > > While Im certain that there significant risks to system stability > and other functionality of the system if one were to carpet bomb > the process list pids with renice 20. Perhaps the current defaults > are for general purpose systems ? Perhaps other network > Administrators have tweaked background processes where a system > was a single purpose system such as a Router, Firewall or Bridge. > > Also is the softnet process (as seen by command top -SH) only > interrupt handling of packets ? > or does it cover processing (e.g. forwarding if enabled ) (either > bridging or routing depending on network config) > > any advice welcome ... > > Thanks > Tom Smyth >
