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Re: via-rhine unable to send back-to-back packets?

To: Roger Luethi <rl@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: via-rhine unable to send back-to-back packets?
From: Lennert Buytenhek <buytenh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 2 Dec 2004 12:09:37 +0100
Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, netdev@xxxxxxxxxxx
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On Thu, Dec 02, 2004 at 12:01:20PM +0100, Roger Luethi wrote:

> On Wed, 01 Dec 2004 21:01:48 +0100, Lennert Buytenhek wrote:
> > "Is the hardware capable of sending back-to-back packets (i.e. with
> > an inter-packet gap of no more than 96 bit times)?"
> 
>  => YES. All the VIA Rhine Fast Ethernet controllers follows the IEEE
> standard (inter-frame gap is 96 bit time) and it is hardware fixed and
> NOT programmable.

As far as I know, the IEEE standard only mandates a certain minimum
inter-frame gap.

Thanks for the information, I'll have a look at the VIA driver.


--L

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