From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Dec 16 07:35:15 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id HAA02737 for hackers-outgoing; Tue, 16 Dec 1997 07:35:15 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers) Received: from gatekeeper.itribe.net (gatekeeper.itribe.net [209.49.144.254]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id HAA02704 for ; Tue, 16 Dec 1997 07:34:42 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jamie@itribe.net) Message-Id: <199712161528.KAA09023@gatekeeper.itribe.net> Received: forwarded by SMTP 1.5.2. Date: Tue, 16 Dec 1997 10:33:15 -0500 (EST) From: Jamie Bowden To: John Kelly cc: FreeBSD Hackers Subject: Re: 3com 3c509 card In-Reply-To: <34964c48.30733173@mail.cetlink.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Tue, 16 Dec 1997, John Kelly wrote: > On Mon, 15 Dec 1997 23:51:31 -0800 (PST), Tom wrote: > > > Also, the ed driver supports shared memory cards like the SMC Ultra 16. > >Fastest ISA ethernet you can get. > > I replaced an NE2000 clone with a SMC Ultra 16, thinking shared memory > would consume far less CPU than PIO with an NE2000. But it seems to > be about the same. > > John I have an NE2000 and an SMC Ultra Elite (8216T). I can get a little over a megabyte/sec throughput on the SMC. The NE2000 seems to max out at about 700 kilobyte/sec. -- Jamie Bowden Systems Administrator, iTRiBE.net If we've got to fight over grep, sign me up. But boggle can go. -Ted Faber (on Hasbro's request for removal of /usr/games/boggle)