game server and polling

Is it ok to live the kernel like this?
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Sure, no problem. If you're paranoid, just # rm -rf /boot/kernel (your new kernel/module collection) rename /boot/kernel.old (your previous kernel/module collection) back to /boot/kernel, and reboot. You'll have your old GENERIC kernel back. Sorry about not catching that alc0 interface before, but I guess I got sidetracked because you started a new topic about this.
 
oh at least that is ok :D
I badly needed polling because I was talking with other administrators and they say there is great improvement when using polling.
 
You'll get the edit button if you have at least ten posts and are registered for ten days.

The Atheros controller is the one which uses the alc(4) driver. Keeping the kernel wouldn't hurt I think. But polling isn't possible right now.
 
Yep, get a different card then ;)

Code: 
SUPPORTED DEVICES
     Device polling requires explicit modifications to the device drivers.  As
     of this writing, the bge(4), dc(4), em(4), fwe(4), fwip(4), fxp(4),
     ixgb(4), nfe(4), nge(4), re(4), rl(4), sf(4), sis(4), ste(4), stge(4),
     vge(4), vr(4), and xl(4) devices are supported, with others in the works.
 
ohh I hate no edit button :S

Anyway does that mean that EVERYTHING I compiled it goes in that kernel folder and no where else?

If you than that is great work.

one more questions. Do you know if other linux/unix distributions have polling for this device?

Thank you.
 
Ok sorry again for riposting I am feeling bad for that.

Can you suggest me some good PCI ethernet fast card that supports polling.
 
DigiSoft said:
Ok sorry again for riposting I am feeling bad for that.

Can you suggest me some good PCI ethernet fast card that supports polling.
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Just look in the man pages of the drivers mentioned in polling(4) ... e.g. bge(4) = [cmd=]man 4 bge[/cmd]. Most of the man pages state explicit brands and models.

3Com (xl(4)), Intel (fxp(4) and em(4)), Broadcom (bge(4)) are among the most used. One is usually advised to stay away from Realtek (rl(4) and re(4)), though I haven't really had trouble with them.
 
Ohh ok I thin I'll buy intel.
Just one more question.

Does polling is just for FreeBSD or this is network card feature that works on other OS that supports polling.
 
No idea. It's probably easier to switch the interface card than to switch to a different OS anyway ..
 
I don't know what to do now. If I buy new card I should travel 100miles to replace it lol :D

Or maybe it will be released pulling driver?
 
one more question sorry :D

I compiled the kernel with "make depend all install"

is that ok?

So can I get back to the old kernel like you told me before?

Thank you.
 
That's the old-fashioned way of doing a kernel build, one uses make buildkernel and make installkernel nowadays (this was literally in the link I gave you in post #2 in this thread). But you can just swap /boot/kernel and /boot/kernel.old like I said before to get your previous kernel back.
 
You could drop the author af the alc(4) driver an email asking about polling. By the way: your current card may not have polling on other operating systems, so don't make any hasty decisions ..
 
Sorry for bad english :D

Yes, Ill send him email right now but how can I contact him, can't find contact info on the page you sent to me.
 
DigiSoft said:
Ok thank you SOOO much.

Anyway if I bought new network before the compile I will must to compile right?
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Almost all network interface drivers are either in the GENERIC kernel or available as a kernel module, so you won't have to recompile anything. The card will just work, and if you leave the current kernel in place, the polling will be available as well. You'll just have to turn it on using ifconfig. See http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/freebsd-device-polling-network-polling-tutorial/. In fact: read this entire thread again, with a little more attention this time ... there's a lot of information in there, which may have gone lost due to this thread turning into a chatbox.
 
Just wait for a reply and stop asking 'one more question' in this thread ;) It's gone way too far off-topic.
 
Depends on how much %interrupt in `top` command =) Not so lots at can be, but seems net load is good, so you can try on and check which effect you will got
 
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