Subject: link0 and ifconfig
To: None <netbsd-users@netbsd.org>
From: Mipam <mipam@ibb.net>
List: netbsd-users
Date: 08/05/2004 18:01:53
Hi,

I'm having trouble understanding the link0 or link1 for example argument
in ifconfig if the nic supports it. In FreeBSD i believe it means that an 
interrupt is not generated by the nic when a packet has been received, 
but only when the nic buffer is full. Does the same hold for NetBSD?

Is there a sysctl for the size of the queue accepting incoming TCP 
connections per port? Could this sysctl be it: net.inet.ip.ifq.maxlen?
The kern.sbmax, this should specify the max amount of mem a socket can 
use, what would be a nice value for heavy traffic machines with gig nics 
in it? Kind of basic questions, i realise so, but i dont understand the 
explanations written in the man pages for it well enough or wrong i think.
Would increasing MCLSHIFT (in the kernel config) help in speeding up 
traffic?
Bye,

Mipam.