<nitpicking> > 1gige linerate: 1,9mpps > 10gige linerate: 19mpps > > and intel is proud to achieve 1,6mpps at 2 10gige cards? > I have seen higher values at pc hardware - but still not compareable to > asics.
If you're going to specify line rate pps, please get the figures right. Line rate on GigE with minimum packet size (84 bytes including Ethernet headers, FCS, 8 byte preamble and 12 byte IFG) is: 1,000,000,000 / (84 * 8) = 1.488 Mpps </nitpicking> Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sth...@nethelp.no
