Re: [Soekris] Max MTU size

2007-10-29 Thread Jed Clear
On Mon, 29 Oct 2007, Jeff Quast wrote: > I thought jumbo frames (gigabit nics) were for lessening interrupts. Yes, and less checksum calculations. However interrupt coalescing and TCP Offload Engines make this less of an issue than it once was. > A large frame that unpacks to many smaller frames

Re: [Soekris] Max MTU size

2007-10-29 Thread Joel Jaeggli
Jeff Quast wrote: > I thought jumbo frames (gigabit nics) were for lessening interrupts. A > large frame that unpacks to many smaller frames by software (kernel). > > It is not really 1500 bytes on the wire, is it? It really is bigger than 1500 bytes on the wire yes. lower pps vs for increased t

Re: [Soekris] Max MTU size

2007-10-29 Thread Jeff Quast
I thought jumbo frames (gigabit nics) were for lessening interrupts. A large frame that unpacks to many smaller frames by software (kernel). It is not really 1500 bytes on the wire, is it? ___ Soekris-tech mailing list Soekris-tech@lists.soekris.com http

Re: [Soekris] SIGILL on net5501

2007-10-29 Thread Brandon Black
On 10/29/07, Michael Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > This is kind of off-topic, but there are enough smart people here I figure > somebody might be able to tell me where I'm being an idiot... I'm trying > to run the same software on a net5501 as I do on net4801 & net4501. It's > Linu

Re: [Soekris] Controlling Error LED's on 5501

2007-10-29 Thread Mike Tancsa
At 11:48 AM 10/29/2007, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: >In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Mike Tancsa writes: > > >>Yes, as soon as we finish debugging the remaining issues in -current > >>I will mfc all that's necessary. > > > >Hi, > > Just wondering if there are still issues to be worked out ? >

Re: [Soekris] Controlling Error LED's on 5501

2007-10-29 Thread Poul-Henning Kamp
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Mike Tancsa writes: >>Yes, as soon as we finish debugging the remaining issues in -current >>I will mfc all that's necessary. > >Hi, > Just wondering if there are still issues to be worked out ? >It would be great if these fixes and enhancements would make

Re: [Soekris] Controlling Error LED's on 5501

2007-10-29 Thread Mike Tancsa
At 10:25 AM 10/3/2007, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: >In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Mike Tancsa writes: > >At 09:51 AM 9/17/2007, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > >>In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Jean-Michel Vansteene writes: > >> > >>Here is the patch for FreeBSD-current to access the net5501 > >>error-le

[Soekris] SIGILL on net5501

2007-10-29 Thread Michael Smith
Hi all, This is kind of off-topic, but there are enough smart people here I figure somebody might be able to tell me where I'm being an idiot... I'm trying to run the same software on a net5501 as I do on net4801 & net4501. It's Linux 2.6.18.3, glibc 2.3.5, all compiled by gcc 3.3.5 for i486.