[Soekris] Maximum throughput on Soekris 4521
Arnt Gulbrandsen
arnt at gulbrandsen.priv.no
Wed Aug 6 12:35:20 UTC 2003
Christian van den Bosch writes:
> On Wed, 6 Aug 2003, Arnt Gulbrandsen wrote:
>
>> Given the slow PCI bus, 80Mbps sounds fast.
>
> Given PCI is 33MHz 32bit = 132mega*bytes*/sec, over an order of
> magnitude greater than 80 mega*bits*/sec, this shouldn't be a
> problem, unless there are some really amazingly large overheads.
That's what PCI can be. Hardware limitations (and bugs) disturb that
ideal: Apparently the SC520 PCI whatsitcalled is built with economy in
mind rather than performance.
I don't protest.d
--Arnt
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