[c-nsp] IO 7200 GE Improve Performance and help with the CPU Load?

[bill fumerola]

On Wed, Jun 03, 2009 at 07:23:47PM +0200, Gert Doering wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 03, 2009 at 11:10:47AM -0430, Juan C. Crespo R. wrote:
> > That's great but the IO7200GE could help with the cpu load? 
> 
> *NO*.
> 
> There is no intelligence on the IO board.  Packets go to the CPU.  If
> the CPU is loaded, it doesn't matter where the packets are coming from.

unless pushing all the frames to one interface causes reduced CPU time
spent servicing interrupts from interrupt coalescing.

-- bill