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Date:      Fri, 9 Feb 2007 17:31:10 +0900
From:      Pyun YongHyeon <pyunyh@gmail.com>
To:        Ed Schouten <ed@fxq.nl>
Cc:        freebsd-net@freebsd.org, shigeaki@se.hiroshima-u.ac.jp, Rink Springer <rink@stack.nl>
Subject:   Re: icsphy(4) for nfe(4) - better Microsoft Xbox support
Message-ID:  <20070209083110.GB37911@cdnetworks.co.kr>
In-Reply-To: <20070207203938.GE27282@hoeg.nl>
References:  <20070206204314.GB27282@hoeg.nl> <20070207003756.GA37911@cdnetworks.co.kr> <20070207203938.GE27282@hoeg.nl>

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On Wed, Feb 07, 2007 at 09:39:38PM +0100, Ed Schouten wrote:
 > Hello,
 > 
 > * Pyun YongHyeon <pyunyh@gmail.com> wrote:
 > > Would you try overhauled nfe(4)?
 > > 
 > > http://people.freebsd.org/~yongari/nfe/if_nfe.c
 > > http://people.freebsd.org/~yongari/nfe/if_nfereg.c
 > > http://people.freebsd.org/~yongari/nfe/if_nfevar.c
 > > 
 > > The new nfe(4) should perform better than nve(4) or stock nfe(4).
 > > I'm still not satisfied with its excessive generation of interrtups
 > > but it's better than stock nfe(4). After switching to adaptive
 > > polling I saw noticeable performance boost. If you find any issues
 > > please let me know.
 > 
 > I just compiled and installed a kernel with the new nfe(4) driver and
 > DEVICE_POLLING enabled. Below are the results of some scp(1) transfers:
 > 
 > stock nfe(4):	2.5 MB/sec
 > new nfe(4):	3.7 MB/sec
 > polling:	4.1 MB/sec
 > 
 > The driver is a lot better than the stock nfe(4). Are there any plans to
 > add the new nfe(4) to the sourcetree?
 > 

Yes, that's my goal.
ATM I'm waiting for obrien@'s reply/review for the patched driver.

Anyway thanks for reporting.
-- 
Regards,
Pyun YongHyeon



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