FYI. 82543 doesn't support PCI-X protocol. For PCI-X support use 82544, 82545 or 82546 based cards.
-Prafulla Kelly Yancey [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote: > On Fri, 18 Oct 2002, Luigi Rizzo wrote: > > > On Fri, Oct 18, 2002 at 10:27:04AM -0700, Kelly Yancey wrote: > > ... > > > Hmm. Might that explain the abysmal performance of the em driver with > > > packets smaller than 333 bytes? > > > > what do you mean ? it works great for me. even on -current i > > can push out over 400kpps (64byte frames) on a 2.4GHz box. > > > > luigi > > > > Using a SmartBit to push traffic across a 1.8Ghz P4; 82543 chipset card > plugged into PCI-X bus: > > FrameSize TxFrames RxFrames LostFrames Lost (%) > 330 249984 129518 120466 48.19 > 331 249144 127726 121418 48.73 > 332 248472 140817 107655 43.33 > 333 247800 247800 0 0 > > It has no trouble handling frames 333 bytes or larger. But for any frame > 332 bytes or smaller we consistently see ~50% packet loss. This same machine > easily pushes ~100Mps with the very same frame sizes using a bge card rather > than em. > > I've gotten the same results with both em driver version 1.3.14 and 1.3.15 > on both FreeBSD 4.5 and 4.7 (all 4 combinations, that is). > > Kelly > > -- > Kelly Yancey -- kbyanc@{posi.net,FreeBSD.org} > FreeBSD, The Power To Serve: http://www.freebsd.org/ > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message