Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 24 Apr 1998 11:17:05 -0400 | From | Pierre Phaneuf <> | Subject | Re: Antwort: SCSI networking? |
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Jes Degn Soerensen wrote:
> 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 ......
1500 byte packets?
$ netstat -I lhip0 Name Mtu Network Address Ipkts Ierrs Opkts Oerrs Collis lhip0 65280 192.168.50 hiru_h 574 0 794 0 0
That's for an HIPPI-LE (TCP/IP over HIPPI) network interface on hiru. I hope a SCSI interface would have a good MTU too, even if it is a bit slower than HIPPI...
-- Pierre Phaneuf
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