Date: Sat, 01 Apr 1995 20:59:19 -0800 From: David Greenman <davidg@Root.COM> To: Luigi Rizzo <luigi@labinfo.iet.unipi.it> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: NE2000 Plus performance Message-ID: <199504020459.UAA00129@corbin.Root.COM> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 31 Mar 95 18:54:59 %2B0200." <199503311655.SAA04685@labinfo.iet.unipi.it>
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>Poking around with the configuration program of our ethernet cards >(NE2000 clones manufactured by Trust), I found out that they have a mode >(called NE2000 plus) in which they apparently use shared memory (at >least, the setup menu asks you to select a memory address. > >Is this mode supported by the current if_ed driver, and is it documented >anywhere ? (I am asking because I remember discussion on the relative >performance of WD80x3 -- better, using shared memory -- and NE2000 -- >slower, with programmed IO) It's not supported. I didn't even know of the NE2000+ existence until you mentioned here. -DG
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