Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 24 Jan 2004 23:46:35 +0100 | From | Vojtech Pavlik <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] [2.4] forcedeth network driver |
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On Sat, Jan 24, 2004 at 11:33:27PM +0100, Carl-Daniel Hailfinger wrote:
> >>>Do you have specs that show that all nForce versions support unaligned > >>>buffers? skb_reserve is a performance feature, I don't want to add it > >>>yet. Testing that it works is on our TODO list. > >> > >>hmmmm, is nForce ever found on non-x86 boxes? I would think that > >>skb_reserve might be -required- for some platforms. > > > > > > AMD64 and PPC64 as far as I know. But you may consider the first one > > still a x86 box. > > Hmmm. I thought only GeForce graphics were available on PPC64 and nForce > mainboard chipsets (including the onboard nic) were not.
Well, my memory may be tricking me (I'm not really sure about this), but I remember there was supposed to be a PPC64 northbridge with a HT link, made exactly for the purpose of connecting an nForce southrbridge to it. But it definitely is not in production yet.
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