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Date:      Tue, 16 Dec 1997 19:10:50 +1030
From:      Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>
To:        jak@cetlink.net (John Kelly)
Cc:        Tom <tom@sdf.com>, Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>, FreeBSD Hackers <hackers@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: 3com 3c509 card 
Message-ID:  <199712160840.TAA01580@word.smith.net.au>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 16 Dec 1997 09:43:02 GMT." <34964c48.30733173@mail.cetlink.net> 

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> On Mon, 15 Dec 1997 23:51:31 -0800 (PST), Tom <tom@sdf.com> wrote:
> 
> >  Also, the ed driver supports shared memory cards like the SMC Ultra 16.
> >Fastest ISA ethernet you can get.
> 
> 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.

mike





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