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From: erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net>
To: 9fans@9fans.net
Subject: Re: [9fans] etherigbe.c using _xinc?
Date: Tue,  8 Dec 2009 21:04:58 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <169769bdba7b20843ec29fafd4b178f2@brasstown.quanstro.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <<dd6fe68a0912081705q6fad8a6cl20ca648397070dae@mail.gmail.com>>

> has the network gotten fast enough that an extra
> bus transaction per block slows it down?
> it seems like gigabit ethernet would be around
> 100k packets per second, so the extra 50ns
> or so per packet would be 5ms per second in
> practice, which is significantly but hardly
> seems prohibitive.

i'm working with 10gbe.  pcie 2.0 is making 2x10gbe
attractive.  multiply by 10 or 20.  and if you're doing a
request/response, multiply by 2 again.

- erik



       reply	other threads:[~2009-12-09  2:04 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <<dd6fe68a0912081705q6fad8a6cl20ca648397070dae@mail.gmail.com>
2009-12-09  2:04 ` erik quanstrom [this message]
     [not found] <<dd6fe68a0912081552s30851f04n109e56479bb423cb@mail.gmail.com>
2009-12-09  0:32 ` erik quanstrom
2009-12-09  1:05   ` Russ Cox
2009-12-08 16:25 Venkatesh Srinivas
2009-12-08 16:36 ` erik quanstrom
2009-12-08 19:35   ` Russ Cox
2009-12-08 19:52     ` John Floren
2009-12-08 20:00     ` erik quanstrom
2009-12-08 23:52       ` Russ Cox

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