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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.

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