Date: Sun, 25 Jun 1995 11:33:43 -0700 (PDT) From: "Rodney W. Grimes" <rgrimes@gndrsh.aac.dev.com> To: dennis@et.htp.com (dennis) Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD as a router Message-ID: <199506251833.LAA01805@gndrsh.aac.dev.com> In-Reply-To: <199506251605.MAA26785@mail.htp.com> from "dennis" at Jun 25, 95 12:05:26 pm
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> > R. Grimes writes..... > > >The SMC 9332 EtherPower 10/100 is a bus master device with no memory > >on it at all. It uses host memory for packet buffers and for all > >practical purposes this can be as much memory as you want to through > >at it! > > > As long as you can get the bus. You don't want this on a 100mbs media > device. The card (or controller) needs some buffering or you'll be in > trouble with a heavy burst. I don't think that a 10MByte a second memory demand is going to have much of a problem at all on a 132MB/sec (theroy) or 100MByte/sec (measured) bus like PCI. -- Rod Grimes rgrimes@gndrsh.aac.dev.com Accurate Automation Company Reliable computers for FreeBSD
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