Re: Scyld vs kernel drivers
Bogdan Costescu <[email protected]>
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On Thu, 5 Dec 2002, Richard Fuchs wrote: > This is probably a frequently asked question, Well, not an open asked FAQ at least :-) > I was wondering about the differences between Donald Becker's driver and > the driver that comes with the linux kernel, The driver that comes with the kernel is based on an older version of Donald's driver. Both me and Andrew Morton worked sometimes on adding features to this driver, however the gap increased recently as neither me (and it seems) nor Andrew have time/interest to do it. However, the basic functionality is the same. > especially the differences performance-wise. I don't think that the driver (either of them) limits performance in any way when using a modern card (905B or later) with a pretty modern CPU (I normally test here with a 450 MHz CPU). I wasn't able to see any difference in transfer rate between CPUs with 400 and 1200 MHz for my benchmarks; the hardware maxes out at 91-92 Mbps. -- Bogdan Costescu IWR - Interdisziplinaeres Zentrum fuer Wissenschaftliches Rechnen Universitaet Heidelberg, INF 368, D-69120 Heidelberg, GERMANY Telephone: +49 6221 54 8869, Telefax: +49 6221 54 8868 E-mail: [email protected] _______________________________________________ vortex mailing list [email protected] http://www.scyld.com/mailman/listinfo/vortex