Re: 4.2 and em(4)

2008-04-15 Thread scott
with each other. Are they, (i) a one dual-ports NIC, or (ii) two single-port NICs, or (iii) a chip embedded on the mb? -Original Message- From: Mikael Kermorgant [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: 4.2 and em(4) Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2008 00:46:08 +0200 Hello, I'd like to jump on what you said

Re: 4.2 and em(4)

2008-04-15 Thread Henning Brauer
* Joe Warren-Meeks [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2008-04-14 17:53]: On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 05:38:21PM +0200, Jordi Espasa Clofent wrote: Hey there, According several messages I've read from Henning or Daniel in present and @pf list, there are not any benefits in run PF with MP kernels (and

4.2 and em(4)

2008-04-14 Thread Joe Warren-Meeks
Hey guys, I have a pair of firewalls running fully patched OpenBSD 4.2. These are DL140s and i have the optional quad gigabit ethernet card in them. Now, whenever I use the GENERIC kernel, all is well. However, if I switch to the GENERIC.MP kernel I lose connectivity and get em0: watchdog

Re: 4.2 and em(4)

2008-04-14 Thread Jordi Espasa Clofent
Hey guys, I have a pair of firewalls running fully patched OpenBSD 4.2. These are DL140s and i have the optional quad gigabit ethernet card in them. Now, whenever I use the GENERIC kernel, all is well. However, if I switch to the GENERIC.MP kernel I lose connectivity and get em0: watchdog

Re: 4.2 and em(4)

2008-04-14 Thread Joe Warren-Meeks
On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 05:38:21PM +0200, Jordi Espasa Clofent wrote: Hey there, According several messages I've read from Henning or Daniel in present and @pf list, there are not any benefits in run PF with MP kernels (and multi-processor boxes, of course). Even you can get a poor

Re: 4.2 and em(4)

2008-04-14 Thread Jordi Espasa Clofent
If the box was only doing pf stuff, then that would be correct. If you were to put a bunch of ftp-proxys on there too, then MP would help, no? I understand the same as you: in that specific case the MP could be useful. -- Thanks, Jordi Espasa Clofent

Re: 4.2 and em(4)

2008-04-14 Thread Stuart Henderson
On 2008-04-14, Joe Warren-Meeks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If the box was only doing pf stuff, then that would be correct. If you were to put a bunch of ftp-proxys on there too, then MP would help, no? very little, the bulk data handling is done in kernel by nat/rdr rules added to the anchors,

Re: 4.2 and em(4)

2008-04-14 Thread scott
and em(4) Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2008 16:23:24 + (UTC) Mailer: slrn/0.9.8.1 (OpenBSD) Delivered-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] On 2008-04-14, Joe Warren-Meeks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If the box was only doing pf stuff, then that would be correct. If you were to put a bunch of ftp-proxys on there too

Re: 4.2 and em(4)

2008-04-14 Thread Mikael Kermorgant
the the boxes throughput too. In our case, INTEL MOTHERBOARDS. Your mb may not like this, though, so use with care and/or wait to 4.3 release. -Original Message- From: Stuart Henderson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: misc@openbsd.org Subject: Re: 4.2 and em(4) Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2008 16