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SubjectRe: Today Linus redesigns the networking driver interface (was Re: tulip driver in ...)
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  Chris Wedgwood <chris@cybernet.co.nz> writes:
>
> P.S. Why is localtalk to time-critical? Its horrendously slow at
> best...

Because they're (ab)using serial chips with small FIFO buffers for it.

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