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From: erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net>
Date: Tue,  8 Dec 2009 21:04:58 -0500
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Subject: Re: [9fans] etherigbe.c using _xinc?
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> 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