Re: Gigabit NIC question.

From: Jes Sorensen (jes@linuxcare.com)
Date: Wed Jul 12 2000 - 09:18:24 EST


>>>>> "Alan" == Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> writes:

Richard> It might not be a 2.0.36 driver that is needed. It may be the
Richard> 2.0.36 reliability!
>> 2.0.36 reliawhat?? If you are looking for GigE performance you are
>> likely to want SMP and SMP in 2.0.36 is absolutely not realiable.

Alan> Actually by 2.0.36 its very reliable. It still gives sucky
Alan> performance.

Depends on what you do with it, at CERN we had soo many problems with
it on SMP machines. 2.2.x was an order of magnitude better.

Jes

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