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SubjectRe: Antwort: SCSI networking?
FromJes Degn Soerensen <>
Date24 Apr 1998 15:54:00 +0200
>>>>> "Philip" == Philip Blundell <pb@nexus.co.uk> writes:

Alan> per packet tx/rx irq's are just the current very primitive
Alan> network card design
>>  Sure, but even 80000 divided by 10 is an awful lot ;-)

Philip> 8000 irqs a second is a lot yes, but it won't kill you.

No, but on top of that you need to have the TCP stack handle all those
80000/sec small 1500 byte packets ......
Jes

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