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From: jak@cetlink.net (John Kelly)
To: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>
Cc: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>, FreeBSD Hackers <hackers@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject: Re: 3com 3c509 card 
Date: Tue, 16 Dec 1997 09:57:47 GMT
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On Tue, 16 Dec 1997 19:10:50 +1030, Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>
wrote:

>> I replaced an NE2000 clone with a SMC Ultra 16, thinking shared memory
>> would consume far less CPU than PIO with an NE2000.  But it seems to
>> be about the same.
>
>About half.  Please don't confuse anecdotal evidence with measured 
>results.
>

I tested with an FTP transfer and consumed about 45% CPU in both
cases.  

I wonder if I'm doing something wrong.  I have the SMC card set to use
zero wait state and my kernel recognizes the memory on the card.  I
don't know what else I can do to improve it.

John