On Fri, 18 Oct 2002, Prafulla Deuskar wrote:

> FYI. 82543 doesn't support PCI-X protocol.
> For PCI-X support use 82544, 82545 or 82546 based cards.
>
> -Prafulla
>

  That is alright, we aren't expecting PCI-X speeds.  It is just that our only
PCI slot on the motherboard (1U rack-mount system) is a PCI-X slot.  Shouldn't
the 82543 still function normally but only as at PCI speeds?

  Thanks,

  Kelly

>
> 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
> >
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