Re: 2.4.19rc2aa1

J.A. Magallon (jamagallon@able.es)
Sat, 20 Jul 2002 02:27:57 +0200

On 2002.07.20 "Feldman, Scott" wrote:
>Jamagallon wrote:
>
[...]
>>We have two interfaces:
>>04:04.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corp. 82557 [Ethernet Pro 100] (rev 08)
>03:01.0 Ethernet
>>controller: Intel Corp. 82543GC Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 02)
>
[...]
>
>There are several factors that may be limiting your throughput on e1000.
>Assuming you have enough CPU umph and bus bandwidth, and your netpipe link
>partner and switch are willing, you should be able to approach wire speed.
>

More info, for it is useful. During a similar run of netpipe, at about 500Mb/s,
switch stats are like this:

------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Switch Overview < 2 sec >
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Update interval:< 2 sec >
Port 23145 30792 %Util. Port TX/sec RX/sec %Util.

1 |23773 |30928 | 26 | 5 |0 |0 | 0 |

2 |30923 |23773 | 26 | 6 |0 |0 | 0 |

3 |0 |0 | 0 | 7-GBIC|n/a |n/a | n/a |

4 |0 |0 | 0 | 8-GBIC|n/a |n/a | n/a |

Firmware versions:
Boot PROM version: v2.00.04
Firmware version: v2.00.14

Ihave seen in Intel web that there is a new firmware numberd 2.00.17, that
corrects some issues. I will try it....

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