Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S967225AbXEHRvg (ORCPT ); Tue, 8 May 2007 13:51:36 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S966840AbXEHRvc (ORCPT ); Tue, 8 May 2007 13:51:32 -0400 Received: from khc.piap.pl ([195.187.100.11]:47259 "EHLO khc.piap.pl" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S966751AbXEHRvb (ORCPT ); Tue, 8 May 2007 13:51:31 -0400 To: Tomasz Chmielewski Cc: Lennert Buytenhek , Alexey Zaytsev , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, Michael Jones Subject: Re: [PATCH] Intel IXP4xx network drivers v.2 - Ethernet and HSS References: <464034CF.20700@wpkg.org> <20070508155201.GA1251@xi.wantstofly.org> <4640B3EE.1020707@wpkg.org> From: Krzysztof Halasa Date: Tue, 08 May 2007 19:51:29 +0200 In-Reply-To: <4640B3EE.1020707@wpkg.org> (Tomasz Chmielewski's message of "Tue, 08 May 2007 19:31:26 +0200") Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 660 Lines: 18 Tomasz Chmielewski writes: > Does using ixp4xx on LE have any other drawbacks than inferior network > performance? More memory is needed, something like max 600 KB for 2 Ethernet ports. > And talking about network performance, what numbers are we talking > about (LE vs BE; 30% performance hit on LE, more, or less)? Haven't checked yet but I'd expect something like that. -- Krzysztof Halasa - 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/