From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Jun 19 03:25:54 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id DAA20721 for hackers-outgoing; Thu, 19 Jun 1997 03:25:54 -0700 (PDT) Received: from verdi.nethelp.no (verdi.nethelp.no [195.1.171.130]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id DAA20713 for ; Thu, 19 Jun 1997 03:25:49 -0700 (PDT) From: sthaug@nethelp.no Received: (qmail 8183 invoked by uid 1001); 19 Jun 1997 10:25:43 +0000 (GMT) To: tom@sdf.com Cc: ccsanady@scl.ameslab.gov, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, matt@3am-software.com Subject: Re: Network concurrency problems!? In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 19 Jun 1997 01:19:55 -0700 (PDT)" References: X-Mailer: Mew version 1.05+ on Emacs 19.28.2 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Thu, 19 Jun 1997 12:25:42 +0200 Message-ID: <8181.866715942@verdi.nethelp.no> Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > > With the possible exception of the data alignment issue, which of these do > > you think are *not* used by the 100 Mbps cards supported by FreeBSD? > > Not "think", but "know". The 3COM Fast Etherlink is only used in polled > mode. Even then, the card does seem to be terribly efficient. You should > read the driver, and card specs for more details, rather than bother the > list. You're right - I shouldn't have said "the 100 Mbps cards supported by FreeBSD" - but then I didn't realize that the 3Com card was relevant at all. All the high-speed work I've seen with FreeBSD has used either the Intel Pro 100/B or a DEC 21140 based card. > Also, DG has mentioned that the Intel Etherexpress Pro100, is faster > than anything using the de driver, because the driver is simpler, due to > the hardware design of the Pro100. Yes, the Pro 100/B is measurably faster, and the driver is simpler. The speed difference is not dramatic, though, according to my own measure- ments. I can't remember seeing a direct statement that the Pro 100/B driver is simpler due to the design of the Pro 100/B. Can anybody help me here? Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug@nethelp.no