From 542d57544f57ffe94035653286f73b7b7c7ce0aa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sepherosa Ziehau Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2008 14:00:44 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Update et(4) manpage according to recent changes --- share/man/man4/et.4 | 12 +++++++----- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/share/man/man4/et.4 b/share/man/man4/et.4 index 7d9c077d6b..857a0edcc1 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/et.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/et.4 @@ -28,9 +28,9 @@ .\" OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF .\" SUCH DAMAGE. .\" -.\" $DragonFly: src/share/man/man4/et.4,v 1.2 2007/10/23 14:28:42 sephe Exp $ +.\" $DragonFly: src/share/man/man4/et.4,v 1.3 2008/07/09 14:00:44 sephe Exp $ .\" -.Dd October 11, 2007 +.Dd July 9, 2008 .Dt ET 4 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -121,14 +121,16 @@ see .It Va hw.et.rx_intr_npkts This value controls how many packets should be recevied before a receive interrupt is generated. -The default value is 32. +The default value is 129. +It is recommended to set this value above 38 to prevent host from being +livelocked under a high degree of stress. .It Va hw.et.rx_intr_delay This value delays the generation of receive interrupts -in units of 10 microseconds (I guess). +in units of ~4 microseconds. It is used together with .Va hw.et.rx_intr_npkts to achieve RX interrupt moderation. -The default value is 20. +The default value is 25. .It Va hw.et.tx_intr_nsegs This value controls how many segments (not packets) should be transmitted before a transmit interrupt is generated. -- 2.11.4.GIT