Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Thu, 4 Oct 2001 04:45:20 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 4 Oct 2001 04:45:10 -0400 Received: from peace.netnation.com ([204.174.223.2]:24583 "EHLO peace.netnation.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Thu, 4 Oct 2001 04:45:01 -0400 Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2001 01:45:24 -0700 From: Simon Kirby To: jamal Cc: Ben Greear , Ingo Molnar , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Alexey Kuznetsov , Robert Olsson , Benjamin LaHaise , netdev@oss.sgi.com, Alan Cox Subject: Re: [announce] [patch] limiting IRQ load, irq-rewrite-2.4.11-B5 Message-ID: <20011004014524.A1496@netnation.com> In-Reply-To: <20011003130203.A2315@netnation.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0i In-Reply-To: ; from hadi@cyberus.ca on Wed, Oct 03, 2001 at 09:04:22PM -0400 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Oct 03, 2001 at 09:04:22PM -0400, jamal wrote: > I think you can save yourself a lot of pain today by going to a "better > driver"/hardware. Switch to a tulip based board; in particular one which > is based on the 21143 chipset. Compile in hardware traffic control and > save yourself some pain. Or an Acenic-based card, but that's more expensive. The problem we had with Tulip-based cards is that it's hard to find a good model (variant) that is supported with different kernel versions and stock drivers, doesn't change internally with time, and is easily distinguishable by our hardware suppliers. "Intel EtherExpress PRO100+" is difficult to get wrong, and there are generally less issues with driver compatibility because there are many fewer (no) clones, just a few different board revisions. The same goes with 3COM 905/980s, etc. I'm not saying Tulips aren't better (they probably are, competition is good), but eepro100s are quite simple (and have been reliable for our servers much more than 3com 905s and other cards have been in the past). Simon- [ Stormix Technologies Inc. ][ NetNation Communications Inc. ] [ sim@stormix.com ][ sim@netnation.com ] [ Opinions expressed are not necessarily those of my employers. ] - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/