[2793] in linux-net channel archive
Re: Tx TCP rates down > 20% - A report.
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (NetAdmin .port-aransas.k12.tx.us)
Sun May 5 08:19:19 1996
Date: Sat, 4 May 1996 08:34:33 -0500 (CDT)
From: "NetAdmin .port-aransas.k12.tx.us" <zap@kraken.port-aransas.k12.tx.us>
To: Paul Gortmaker <gpg109@rsphy6.anu.edu.au>
cc: linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu, linux-net@vger.rutgers.edu
In-Reply-To: <9605031617.AA25976@rsphy6.anu.edu.au>
On Sat, 4 May 1996, Paul Gortmaker wrote:
>
> I have since found where the > 20% penalty comes from. It was introduced
> way back in 1.3.1x when someone decided to attempt to modularize all the
> net drivers "en masse". (Not me, I might add...) Only drivers that use
> the 8390 core have been affected.
NutZ!
> It will be fixed in one of the next 1.3.9x kernels or so, giving 1.3.x
> kernels Tx performance rates that equal or better the 1.2.x kernels. (yay!)
Righteous, Dude, keep up the good work. Now I can upgrade my 1.2.8
fileserver!
-Z-
