Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2003 17:24:52 -0400 From: David Gilbert <dgilbert@velocet.ca> To: Martin Nilsson <martin@mullet.se> Cc: freebsd-performance@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Tuning Gigabit Message-ID: <16128.43684.374770.746318@canoe.velocet.net> In-Reply-To: <3EFFC3D5.7070605@mullet.se> References: <20030628190036.0E06B37B405@hub.freebsd.org> <000f01c33dad$1595a0f0$e602a8c0@flatline> <16126.9805.829406.368426@canoe.velocet.net> <000901c33dd1$12268780$0200000a@fireball> <16126.19861.842507.318997@canoe.velocet.net> <001f01c33e0f$1f4716d0$0200000a@fireball> <16127.2826.306427.946086@canoe.velocet.net> <3EFFC3D5.7070605@mullet.se>
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>>>>> "Martin" == Martin Nilsson <martin@mullet.se> writes: Martin> David Gilbert wrote: >> Well... I don't have any disk controllers to test, but I've >> verified this behaviour with em, bge, sk, and nge chipsets. Of >> these, as I've said before, the em shines. Martin> I have made some simple speed testing of gigabit NICs too. My Martin> results are that Linux 2.4.18+ is usually faster and have much Martin> lower CPU load than FreeBSD 4.8. I have tested the following Martin> NIC:s em (1000/XT,Anvik), nge(32/33), bge (Altima 1002), ti Martin> (Netgear GA620T). For FreeBSD I've found that use nothing Martin> beats the ti with its special firmware. I don't think I've had a 'ti' in the shop, but I did find that 5.x is substantially better than 4.8... Dave. -- ============================================================================ |David Gilbert, Velocet Communications. | Two things can only be | |Mail: dgilbert@velocet.net | equal if and only if they | |http://daveg.ca | are precisely opposite. | =========================================================GLO================
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