Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 25 Oct 2001 16:52:04 -0400 | From | Benjamin LaHaise <> | Subject | Re: 2.4.12-ac4 10Mbit NE2k interrupt load kills p166 |
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On Thu, Oct 25, 2001 at 09:54:46PM +0100, Alan Cox wrote: > A faster machine will take as long as a slow machine with an ne2000. It > doesn't matter if its an 8Mb 386 or a dual athlon, it will spend almost all > of its ne2000 handling time poking bytes across an 8MHz bus.
Put another way: if you want a kernel that's optimised for 386es, use 2.0.
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