From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Apr 10 08:04:23 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A52BE16A400 for ; Mon, 10 Apr 2006 08:04:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from peterjeremy@optushome.com.au) Received: from mail03.syd.optusnet.com.au (mail03.syd.optusnet.com.au [211.29.132.184]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6358143D48 for ; Mon, 10 Apr 2006 08:04:22 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from peterjeremy@optushome.com.au) Received: from turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org (c220-239-19-236.belrs4.nsw.optusnet.com.au [220.239.19.236]) by mail03.syd.optusnet.com.au (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id k3A84JKS003601 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA bits=168 verify=NO); Mon, 10 Apr 2006 18:04:20 +1000 Received: from turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org (localhost.vk2pj.dyndns.org [127.0.0.1]) by turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k3A84I2E000945; Mon, 10 Apr 2006 18:04:18 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from peter@turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org) Received: (from peter@localhost) by turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org (8.13.4/8.13.4/Submit) id k3A84Iaq000944; Mon, 10 Apr 2006 18:04:18 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from peter) Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2006 18:04:18 +1000 From: Peter Jeremy To: Zaphod Beeblebrox Message-ID: <20060410080418.GB739@turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org> References: <20060407121452.GO1784@math.jussieu.fr> <6.2.3.4.0.20060408150025.099369a8@64.7.153.2> <5f67a8c40604091456gfef47d3q3583d3d1a519d035@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <5f67a8c40604091456gfef47d3q3583d3d1a519d035@mail.gmail.com> X-PGP-Key: http://members.optusnet.com.au/peterjeremy/pubkey.asc User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Disappointed-new X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2006 08:04:23 -0000 On Sun, 2006-Apr-09 17:56:51 -0400, Zaphod Beeblebrox wrote: >If you have a dual-em card in this server, you should get better performance >putting your primary load out the em interface(s). In general, we've >benched the em (and to a lesser extent, the fxp) interfaces as performing >much better than other ethernets (especially bge). I have a bge on my >laptop --- and for the most part I don't have problems --- but I wouldn't >put bge's in my servers and if they come with them on the motherboard, I >don't use them. I can't comment on gigabit performance but at Fast Ethernet speeds, I've found that fxp performs much better than dc, tl and tx NICs. I've had fairly bad experiences with bge under even moderate load (though the one in my laptop seems OK). -- Peter Jeremy