On Mon, Dec 4, 2023 at 5:01 AM Renjaya Raga Zenta <ragaze...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi, > > We want to implement our networking using systemd-networkd. We think > systemd is stable enough right now, so we want to try more "systemd-only" > solution. > > In our environment, we use RPS (Receive Packet Steering) for load balancing > and scaling. It's a kernel feature implemented a long time ago. You could > visit the documentation at > https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/networking/scaling.html. > > Currently, we manually do this after network interface is configured: > > echo f > /sys/class/net/eth0/queues/rx-0/rps_cpus > > where f is bitmap mask 1111, it means to utilize 4 cpus. > > Will this use case be implemented in systemd-networkd? Or should we use a > third party solution such as networkd-broker or networkd-dispatcher? > > Thanks. > It is kinda sad the kernel never choose other default than disabled.. If you post a patchset it would be nice if it also cover the other scaling features and to have an "auto" or "yes" mode that sets it up magically for you.
