Re: Linux 2.4 Status / TODO page (Updated as of 2.4.0-test10)

[David C. Davies]

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All,

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Regards,

Dave
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Jeff Garzik wrote:

> Andi Kleen wrote:
> 
>> de4x5 is stable, but tends to perform badly under load, mostly because
>> it doesn't use rx_copybreak and overflows standard socket buffers with its
>> always MTU sized skbuffs.
> 
> 
> One of the reasons that de4x5 isn't gone already is that I get reports
> that de4x5 performs better than the tulip driver for their card.
> 
> 	Jeff
> 
> 

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All,

Please reply to [e-mail] rather than this email account.

Regards,

Dave
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Jeff Garzik wrote:
> Andi Kleen wrote:
> > de4x5 is stable, but tends to perform badly under load, mostly because
> > it doesn't use rx_copybreak and overflows standard socket buffers with its
> > always MTU sized skbuffs.
>
> One of the reasons that de4x5 isn't gone already is that I get reports
> that de4x5 performs better than the tulip driver for their card.
>
> 	Jeff
>
>
>     
    

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