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Date: Fri, 17 May 2002 09:09:36 +0200
From: Eric Lemoine <Eric.Lemoine@ens-lyon.fr>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: interrupt controler question
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Using the old i8259 interrupts controller, my 1-way Linux2.4.16 box 
livelocks when receiving a high rate UDP flow (interrupt rate is so 
high that the NET_RX_SOFTIRQ never gets the chance to pull the 
packets off the backlog queue). However, the receive livelock 
phenomenom completely disappears when making use of the IO-APIC. 

Anyone has an explanation for this?

THX.
-- 
Eric