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SubjectRe: Slow ethernet/NE2000 with all 1.3 kernels (1.2 is fine)
On Tue, 7 May 1996, Jamie Lokier wrote:

> I've done some tests sending raw ethernet packets using SOCK_PACKET,
> with 1.2.13 and 1.3.81 on exactly the same machine. The software
> configuration is identical (I simply brought up different kernels).
> The program is included at the end of this message so people can see if
> the same problem exists with non-NE2000 cards.
>
> I hope SOCK_PACKET has abolutely nothing to with the TCP window. The
> ISA bus speed is the same for both kernels, as it's the same machine
> within a few minutes.
>
> New summary: 1.2.13 -> ~ 1197k/s raw data transmission rate
> 1.3.81 -> ~ 745k/s raw data transmission rate
>
> Included below are the detailed results and the program.
>
> Enjoy,
> -- Jamie Lokier
>
> Results:
>
> Linux 1.2.13:
>
> mustelid:~# ./etherspray
> Transmitted 7570000 bytes in 6.321147 seconds (1197.6k/sec).
>
> Linux 1.3.81:
>
> mustelid:~# ./etherspray
> Socket destroy delayed (r=0 w=64740)
> Transmitted 7570000 bytes in 10.091485 seconds (750.1k/sec).
>
> Linux 1.3.97 gives similar results to 1.3.81. (I tested it on
> a similar, but different machine).

I get pretty good performance on 1.3.99.

abyss ~ #./etherspray
Transmitted 7570000 bytes in 6.125325 seconds (1235.9k/sec).
abyss ~ #./etherspray
Transmitted 7570000 bytes in 6.123016 seconds (1236.3k/sec).
abyss ~ #./etherspray
Transmitted 7570000 bytes in 6.123433 seconds (1236.2k/sec).

That's on a 3-Com 3c595 running in 10MBit mode.

Brad Borgald Networks
Computing Services University of New Brunswick
Fredericton New Brunswick, Canada, Electrical Engineering
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