Date: Fri, 24 Oct 1997 10:25:23 -0400 From: dennis <dennis@etinc.com> To: Jim Shankland <jas@flyingfox.com> Cc: isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Routing thru a FreeBSD? Message-ID: <3.0.32.19971024102522.009f0e20@etinc.com>
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At 09:59 PM 10/23/97 -0700, you wrote: >> exhausting the PCI bandwidth is very much >> an issue that's not going to go away with a faster CPU. > >Definitely. Of course, sooner or later, we'll have PCI-UW or something. This is kind of like tackling the question of whether you can travel at faster than the speed of light, because currently CPUs arent capable of processing more than PCI can deliver. The bus transfer is not the limiting factor in your packets/second equation...it is a tiny piece (unlike the old days) and insignificant compared to software. Dennis > >Jim Shankland >Flying Fox Computer Systems, Inc. > >
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