Re: 3c590 vs. tulip

2001-05-14 Thread Pekka Pietikainen
On Fri, May 11, 2001 at 03:56:41PM +0200, Andi Kleen wrote: > On Fri, May 11, 2001 at 09:27:29AM -0400, Dan Mann wrote: > > I was just wondering if anybody had an idea which nic card might be a better > > choice for me; I have a pci 3c590 and a pci smc that uses the tulip driver. > > I don't have

Re: 3c590 vs. tulip

2001-05-14 Thread Andi Kleen
On Mon, May 14, 2001 at 05:09:52PM +0900, root wrote: > Basically, it appears that Don Becker praised the Tulip chipset the most. > How much important is "zero copy TX and hardware checksumming"? Zero copy TX is not that important yet except if you use samba or Tux or proftpd or anything else

Re: 3c590 vs. tulip

2001-05-14 Thread root
Andi Kleen ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote > >On Fri, May 11, 2001 at 09:27:29AM -0400, Dan Mann wrote: >> I was just wondering if anybody had an idea which nic card might be a better >> choice for me; I have a pci 3c590 and a pci smc that uses the tulip driver. >> I don't have the card number for

Re: 3c590 vs. tulip

2001-05-14 Thread root
Andi Kleen ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote On Fri, May 11, 2001 at 09:27:29AM -0400, Dan Mann wrote: I was just wondering if anybody had an idea which nic card might be a better choice for me; I have a pci 3c590 and a pci smc that uses the tulip driver. I don't have the card number for the smc

Re: 3c590 vs. tulip

2001-05-14 Thread Andi Kleen
On Mon, May 14, 2001 at 05:09:52PM +0900, root wrote: Basically, it appears that Don Becker praised the Tulip chipset the most. How much important is zero copy TX and hardware checksumming? Zero copy TX is not that important yet except if you use samba or Tux or proftpd or anything else that

Re: 3c590 vs. tulip

2001-05-14 Thread Pekka Pietikainen
On Fri, May 11, 2001 at 03:56:41PM +0200, Andi Kleen wrote: On Fri, May 11, 2001 at 09:27:29AM -0400, Dan Mann wrote: I was just wondering if anybody had an idea which nic card might be a better choice for me; I have a pci 3c590 and a pci smc that uses the tulip driver. I don't have the

Mystery speed: Was Re: 3c590 vs. tulip

2001-05-11 Thread Dan Mann
"Dan Mann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, May 11, 2001 9:56 AM Subject: Re: 3c590 vs. tulip > > > faster machine it is much slower. Images take at least .5 to 1 second to > > load when they are stored locally. But over the network, with 2.4

Re: 3c590 vs. tulip

2001-05-11 Thread Simon Kirby
On Fri, May 11, 2001 at 09:27:29AM -0400, Dan Mann wrote: > The server has lots (ok, about 20,000 not counting the os itself) of medium > sized files on it, ranging in size from 60k to 40MB. When I run gqview > (image viewing program) on the client and point to a local directory that is >

Re: 3c590 vs. tulip

2001-05-11 Thread Andi Kleen
On Fri, May 11, 2001 at 09:27:29AM -0400, Dan Mann wrote: > I was just wondering if anybody had an idea which nic card might be a better > choice for me; I have a pci 3c590 and a pci smc that uses the tulip driver. > I don't have the card number for the smc with me handy, however I know both >

3c590 vs. tulip

2001-05-11 Thread Dan Mann
I was just wondering if anybody had an idea which nic card might be a better choice for me; I have a pci 3c590 and a pci smc that uses the tulip driver. I don't have the card number for the smc with me handy, however I know both cards were manufactured in 1995. Is either card/driver a better

3c590 vs. tulip

2001-05-11 Thread Dan Mann
I was just wondering if anybody had an idea which nic card might be a better choice for me; I have a pci 3c590 and a pci smc that uses the tulip driver. I don't have the card number for the smc with me handy, however I know both cards were manufactured in 1995. Is either card/driver a better

Re: 3c590 vs. tulip

2001-05-11 Thread Andi Kleen
On Fri, May 11, 2001 at 09:27:29AM -0400, Dan Mann wrote: I was just wondering if anybody had an idea which nic card might be a better choice for me; I have a pci 3c590 and a pci smc that uses the tulip driver. I don't have the card number for the smc with me handy, however I know both cards

Re: 3c590 vs. tulip

2001-05-11 Thread Simon Kirby
On Fri, May 11, 2001 at 09:27:29AM -0400, Dan Mann wrote: The server has lots (ok, about 20,000 not counting the os itself) of medium sized files on it, ranging in size from 60k to 40MB. When I run gqview (image viewing program) on the client and point to a local directory that is mapped to

Mystery speed: Was Re: 3c590 vs. tulip

2001-05-11 Thread Dan Mann
: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, May 11, 2001 9:56 AM Subject: Re: 3c590 vs. tulip faster machine it is much slower. Images take at least .5 to 1 second to load when they are stored locally. But over the network, with 2.4.4 and samba 2.2, It's as if the server knows what I'm going to ask