Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 10 Mar 2002 21:22:10 -0500 | From | Benjamin LaHaise <> | Subject | Re: Broadcom 5700/5701 Gigabit Ethernet Adapters |
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On Sun, Mar 10, 2002 at 06:04:56PM -0800, David S. Miller wrote: > From: Wayne Whitney <whitney@math.berkeley.edu> > Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2002 18:05:10 -0800 > > So does anyone have any comments on the stability and performance of > these cards/drivers? > > As I said in a previous email the natsemi chips don't perform > too well.
That's my fault. The version of the driver in the kernel atm sucks in performance; I'll try to spend the day needed on the driver this week and it should get up to ~800mbit from the current mess. Getting NAPI in the kernel would help... ;-)
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