Date: Sat, 20 Dec 1997 06:14:38 -0800 From: David Greenman <dg@root.com> To: joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de (Joerg Wunsch) Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 3com 3c509 card Message-ID: <199712201414.GAA01870@implode.root.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 20 Dec 1997 11:01:26 %2B0100." <199712201001.LAA29298@uriah.heep.sax.de>
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>Capriotti <capriotti@geocities.com> wrote: > >> I've heard that some 3com cards have only 3KB buffer; Have any of you >> heard of it ? > >No, i think the smallest possible constellation is 8 KB. The The 3c509 has a 4K FIFO buffer which is divided into 2K send and a 2K receive FIFOs. This is indeed quite small. The FIFO can easily be overrun, causing packet loss. -DG David Greenman Core-team/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project
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