Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2005 12:50:57 +0200 From: Emanuel Strobl <Emanuel.strobl@gmx.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: GbE NICs besides em (recommendation wanted) Message-ID: <200508311251.06884@harrymail> In-Reply-To: <b7052e1e0508310151565ab39e@mail.gmail.com> References: <200508310046.20808@harrymail> <b7052e1e0508310151565ab39e@mail.gmail.com>
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--nextPart1556247.sde3txPsPg Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Am Mittwoch, 31. August 2005 10:51 CEST schrieb Dmitry Mityugov: > On 8/31/05, Emanuel Strobl <Emanuel.strobl@gmx.net> wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I'm quiet disappointed with the em nics and wanted to try some other > > GigaBit NICs (1000baseTX only). > > AFAIK there are re, sk, bge driven cards. Which doesn't saturate a > > PIII@800 at 200mbit/s with interrupt load (like em does)? > > I heard that the re is way better than the not so well rl and although > > much cheaper than em more efficient. > > What about bge? Or sk? Any comments welcome, also if I missed a > > supported family (TX only) > > I have a gigabit card managed by re and sk drivers at home IIRC > (PIII@866, 2xPIII@1400). I can run some tests for you this weekend if > you wish. Thank you for the offer, but I thought people had some simple test results= =20 in mind. If you next time use rdump or large NFS transfers to another GbE=20 connected (and fast enough) box just watch the system load (I use systat=20 =2Dvm 1) and see what card causes what interrupt load. em cards can't=20 transfer (real files over FTP/NFS) more than 200mbit/s on a=20 Coppermine@866, at this level the system load is 100% of which ~80% is=20 interrupt systemload :( Thanks, =2DHarry --nextPart1556247.sde3txPsPg Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBDFYuaBylq0S4AzzwRAhCuAKCBnr6hAuQR4GbW+7fBArqxTCLFJACgk1t/ 6Scl0QOZ49JhLM4xexKkRQQ= =FP6N -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart1556247.sde3txPsPg--
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