On Sun, 2 Apr 2000, Robert Olsson wrote:
> If you have a flexible packet generator and are testing the routing path
> you can mark the packets when sending it - And just count the marked packets
> in the receiver end. And instead of passing them to netif_rx() just view
> them in the /proc. This has the advantage that the receiver behaves
> "normal" for arps and other protocols stuff it just eats/counts/views
> your marked packets. As you already seen the genune tulip chips can
> receive 148 kpps and you got a cheap sink device.
>
Sorry it was 148 kpps and not 150Kpps (which is beyond the 100Mbps spec).
I have a 21143 -- is that what you mean by Genuine?
> We used this when we experimented with "fast switching" path. I have a patch
> somewhere for the driver we use if you are interested.
>
Thanks.
Alexey pointed me to your extension a few months back. What kind of
results do you get ? Mind sharing them?
cheers,
jamal
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