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Re: [BETA-0.95] Sixth test release of Tigon3 driver

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Subject: Re: [BETA-0.95] Sixth test release of Tigon3 driver
From: Cacophonix <cacophonix@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2002 17:56:58 -0800 (PST)
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> ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/davem/TIGON3/tg3-0.95.patch.gz 

[...]

> I'm really really really really really (NO, I MEAN REALLY) interested 
> in performance comparisons of our 0.95 driver vs. Broadcom's stuff.

I get about 550 Mb/s (tcp) with netperf on a PIII/1000, with ~40-50% CPU idle.
It's much lower than the broadcom driver, which is close to line rate.
No tweaks to the driver.

 
>
> But, there is one special condition if you report benchmark numbers. 
> If our driver is faster _AND_ you are an _Australian_ in _Australia_, 
> you must send Jeff and I a case of Victoria Bitter for a job well 
> done. :-)))))) 

No, it's not faster (yet), and I'm not an Australian in Australia :)
--karthik


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