Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Sat, 4 Nov 2000 10:04:16 +0100 | From | Andi Kleen <> | Subject | Re: Linux 2.4 Status / TODO page (Updated as of 2.4.0-test10) |
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On Fri, Nov 03, 2000 at 06:57:32PM -0500, Jeff Garzik wrote: > Andi Kleen wrote: > > de4x5 is stable, but tends to perform badly under load, mostly because > > it doesn't use rx_copybreak and overflows standard socket buffers with its > > always MTU sized skbuffs. > > One of the reasons that de4x5 isn't gone already is that I get reports > that de4x5 performs better than the tulip driver for their card.
I have the same reports from various sources (but then they complain about the socket buffer issue ;) I think it would be best to just keep it as it is with minimal mainteance, even in 2.5.
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