Re: binding a network card to a CPU?

Lenart Gabor (lgb@oxygene.terra.vein.hu)
Thu, 22 Apr 1999 01:53:56 +0200

On Wed, Apr 21, 1999 at 10:48:13AM -0500, Leslie F. Donaldson wrote:
> >OK, after reading the Mindcraft fallout, it is interesting that
> >NT can bind a network card to a particular CPU.
> >
> >Can Linux do this too? How would the administrator be able to balance
> >the load between the two?
> >
> >Thanks,
> >Mark
>
> Hmmm I really wonder if this makes any sense for the current Intel Motherboard
> design. Since the CPUs fight for the PCI bus does it really matter which
> one they use?

Binding an "ethernet card to a CPU" sounds complicated. But if you think
about binding an IRQ to a specified CPU it will be more clear.
If there is any sense to do this binding it can be implemented by binding
IRQ of the ethernet card to a CPU. This feature may be usefull for other
purposes as well. But has Linux got such a mechanism like IRQ-CPU bindings ?

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