Re: 3c515 issue

"Wm. G. McGrath" <[email protected]> Wed, 2 Oct 2002 09:05:01 -0700

Newsgroups	gmane.linux.drivers.3c509.devel
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On Wed, 2 Oct 2002 09:49:26 -0400 (EDT)
Donald Becker <[email protected]> wrote:

"Most ISA busses run at 8MHz and require three or more cycles per 16
"bit transfer.  The "8MB/sec" number usually comes from people
"misinterpreting "8MHz".

Yeah probably. But I have a few good reference books.;)

8Mhz x 16 bits = 128Mbit/sec
128Mbit/sec /2cycles = 64Mbit/sec
64Mbit/sec  /8 = 8MBytes/sec

Thanks much. 

	bill