Re: tg3 (netgear 302t) performance numbers

From: Ben Greear (greearb@candelatech.com)
Date: Wed Oct 09 2002 - 20:29:50 EST

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Ben Greear wrote:

> pktgen (kernel pkt generator module):
> 60-byte packets, sending 1kpps in one direction, and maximum possible
> in the other. Was able to generate 122,000 packets-per-second.
> (A tulip 10/100 NIC can do 140kpps in this configuration)
> Average Latency: 22 micro-seconds.
> 0 dropped packets over 10+ minute run.

An update to this. This previous test, I was allocating a new skbuf
each time. For pure pkt crunching (ie sending the same pkt over and over
again), the throughput was more like 170kpps.

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