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Date:      Fri, 5 Jul 2002 10:47:44 -0700 (PDT)
From:      John Polstra <jdp@polstra.com>
To:        net@freebsd.org
Cc:        bmilekic@unixdaemons.com
Subject:   Re: virtually contig jumbo mbufs (was Re: new zero copy sockets snapshot)
Message-ID:  <200207051747.g65HliO2003668@vashon.polstra.com>
In-Reply-To: <20020705132735.A873@unixdaemons.com>
References:  <20020619090046.A2063@panzer.kdm.org> <15653.35606.290023.621040@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu> <200207051645.g65Gj1lM003467@vashon.polstra.com> <20020705132735.A873@unixdaemons.com>

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In article <20020705132735.A873@unixdaemons.com>,
Bosko Milekic  <bmilekic@unixdaemons.com> wrote:
> 
> On Fri, Jul 05, 2002 at 09:45:01AM -0700, John Polstra wrote:
> > The BCM570x chips (bge driver) definitely need a single physically
> > contiguous buffer for each received packet.
> 
>   This is totally ridiculous for gigE hardware, IMO.

WHOOPS, I'm afraid I have to correct myself.  The BCM570x chips do
indeed support multiple buffers for jumbo packets.  I'm sorry for the
earlier misinformation!

John
-- 
  John Polstra
  John D. Polstra & Co., Inc.                        Seattle, Washington USA
  "Disappointment is a good sign of basic intelligence."  -- Chögyam Trungpa


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