Re: cpufreq affects traffic control rates

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    Hi Stephen :)

 * Stephen Hemminger <[email protected]> dixit:
> On Tue, 28 Aug 2007 09:51:55 +0200 DervishD <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> >     I noticed lately that my traffic control rates were being very
> >     slow, about 40% less than expected, and finally spotted the
> >     problem: cpufreq.
> 
> Is the problem configuration of network scheduler clock? In 2.6.20 and
> earlier, you could use CPU cycle counter (later kernels only use time
> of day).  So try switching to jiffies or gettimeofday.

    Yes, the problem is that I'm stupid and I thought I was using
jiffies, but I have CONFIG_NET_SCH_CLK_CPU. I'll rebuild my kernel ASAP
and set the proper value...

    Thanks for your help. It's embarrassing I didn't check the clock
source for the packet scheduler...

    Sorry for the noise.

    Raúl Núñez de Arenas Coronado

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