From owner-freebsd-alpha Thu Dec 26 14:31:25 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C989637B405 for ; Thu, 26 Dec 2002 14:31:24 -0800 (PST) Received: from freebie.xs4all.nl (freebie.xs4all.nl [213.84.32.253]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4E46143EC5 for ; Thu, 26 Dec 2002 14:31:23 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl) Received: from freebie.xs4all.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freebie.xs4all.nl (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id gBQMVGDx042256; Thu, 26 Dec 2002 23:31:16 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl) Received: (from wkb@localhost) by freebie.xs4all.nl (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) id gBQMVGmd042255; Thu, 26 Dec 2002 23:31:16 +0100 (CET) Date: Thu, 26 Dec 2002 23:31:16 +0100 From: Wilko Bulte To: Jameel Akari , alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 5.0-RC2 on Alphaserver 4100 mostly a success Message-ID: <20021226233116.A42240@freebie.xs4all.nl> References: <20021226162035.I19983-100000@blues.jpj.net> <20021226230635.A42090@freebie.xs4all.nl> <20021226222053.GO5201@gsmx07.alcatel.com.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20021226222053.GO5201@gsmx07.alcatel.com.au>; from peter.jeremy@alcatel.com.au on Fri, Dec 27, 2002 at 09:20:53AM +1100 X-OS: FreeBSD 4.7-STABLE X-PGP: finger wilko@freebsd.org Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Fri, Dec 27, 2002 at 09:20:53AM +1100, Peter Jeremy wrote: > On 2002-Dec-26 23:06:35 +0100, Wilko Bulte wrote: > >On Thu, Dec 26, 2002 at 05:04:31PM -0500, Jameel Akari wrote: > >> I think some DE500s have problems going at 100/full even on a > >> proper 100Mbit switch.. > ... > > > >IIRC the various chip revs used on DE500 are not all working too well > >with FDX. > > You don't happen to have any details on which chip revs are affected? > In real life, I keep an eye on several dozen DE500's all running > 100/full (with Tru64 4.x) and haven't seen any problems that look like > poor network throughput. Hm, unfortunately not. I was told by a guy who used to do benchmarking on T64. ISTR it also depended on what ethernet switches one used. -- | / o / /_ _ wilko@FreeBSD.org |/|/ / / /( (_) Bulte To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message