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Date:      Sat, 5 Apr 2003 14:43:04 -0500 (EST)
From:      Andrew Gallatin <gallatin@cs.duke.edu>
To:        Fred Clift <fclift@verio.net>
Cc:        alpha@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: call for testers: busdma-ified fxp(4) driver
Message-ID:  <16015.12744.366625.974350@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu>
In-Reply-To: <20030402090802.Y82002-400000@vespa.dmz.orem.verio.net>
References:  <20030401134113.GC1750@elvis.mu.org> <20030402090802.Y82002-400000@vespa.dmz.orem.verio.net>

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Fred Clift writes:
 > 
 > before: throughput in 10^6 bits/sec  39.18
 > after: throughput in 10^6 bits/sec   94.11
 > (dc):  throughput in 10^6 bits/sec   70.97
 > 
 > 
 > Honestly I'm suprised there is so much difference between the before and
 > after and I'm doubting my testing methodology -- perhaps I had the duplex

My guess is that the old kernel has WITNESS enabled and the new kernel
does not.  

Even a 600MHz 21264 is maxed out at 75Mb/sec with WITNESS enabled.
50% idle without.

Drew


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