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Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2002 21:22:10 -0500
From: Benjamin LaHaise <bcrl@redhat.com>
To: "David S. Miller" <davem@redhat.com>
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Subject: Re: Broadcom 5700/5701 Gigabit Ethernet Adapters
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On Sun, Mar 10, 2002 at 06:04:56PM -0800, David S. Miller wrote:
>    From: Wayne Whitney <whitney@math.berkeley.edu>
>    Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2002 18:05:10 -0800
>    
>    So does anyone have any comments on the stability and performance of
>    these cards/drivers?
> 
> As I said in a previous email the natsemi chips don't perform
> too well.

That's my fault.  The version of the driver in the kernel atm sucks in 
performance; I'll try to spend the day needed on the driver this week 
and it should get up to ~800mbit from the current mess.  Getting NAPI 
in the kernel would help... ;-)

		-ben
-- 
"A man with a bass just walked in,
 and he's putting it down
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