Re: Intel 82574L vs 82579LM

2013-11-25 Thread Chris Cappuccio
Paul B. Henson [hen...@acm.org] wrote: > > I didn't find anything really conclusive. Evidentally the main > difference (http://supermicro.biz/support/faqs/faq.cfm?faq=11847) is > that the 82574L is a fully separate ethernet interface connected over > pcie, whereas the 82579LM is just a PHY that co

Re: Intel 82574L vs 82579LM

2013-11-25 Thread Paul B. Henson
On Mon, Nov 25, 2013 at 04:30:36PM +0400, Alexander Pakhomov wrote: > Both should not load CPU a lot. But that doesn't mean they wouldn't. > Write here if notice intense interrupts CPU load. My OpenBSD 5.4 amd64 > laptop fail to handle 2 MB/s wifi due to some drivers issues (they > load CPU up to

Re: Intel 82574L vs 82579LM

2013-11-25 Thread Alexander Pakhomov
Test it. Both should not load CPU a lot. But that doesn't mean they wouldn't. Write here if notice intense interrupts CPU load. My OpenBSD 5.4 amd64 laptop fail to handle 2 MB/s wifi due to some drivers issues (they load CPU up to 100% interrupts). Additional info about interrupts load would be h