Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: 3com Driver and the 3XP Processor | Date | Tue, 12 Jun 2001 17:27:09 +0100 (BST) | From | Alan Cox <> |
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> I just had one of the "3com Etherlink 10/100 PCI NIC with 3XP processor" > float accross my desk, I was wondering how much the linux kernel uses the > 3xp processor for its encryption offloading and such. According to the > hype it does DES without using the CPU, does linux take advantage of that?
No. Sell the card to a windows user buy a cheap taiwanese mass market ethernet and spend the rest on the faster CPU. I bet that is more cost effective for DES performance.. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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