Messages in this thread | | | Subject | RE: e1000 performance hack for ppc64 (Power4) | Date | Fri, 13 Jun 2003 16:52:18 -0700 | From | "Feldman, Scott" <> |
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> > Why not instead find out if it's possible to have the e1000 > > fetch the entire cache line where the first byte of the > > packet resides? Even ancient designes like SunHME do that. > > Rusty and I were wondering why the e1000 didnt do that exact thing. > > Scott: is it possible to enable such a thing?
I thought the answer was no, so I double checked with a couple of hardware guys, and the answer is still no.
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