Re: Broadcom 5700/5701 Gigabit Ethernet Adapters

Mike Fedyk
2002-03-11T02:27:45Z

On Sun, Mar 10, 2002 at 09:22:10PM -0500, Benjamin LaHaise wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 10, 2002 at 06:04:56PM -0800, David S. Miller wrote:
> > From: Wayne Whitney <whitney@math.berkeley.edu>
> > Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2002 18:05:10 -0800
> >
> > So does anyone have any comments on the stability and performance of
> > these cards/drivers?
> >
> > As I said in a previous email the natsemi chips don't perform
> > too well.
>
> That's my fault. The version of the driver in the kernel atm sucks in
> performance; I'll try to spend the day needed on the driver this week
> and it should get up to ~800mbit from the current mess. Getting NAPI
> in the kernel would help... ;-)
>

What is happening with NAPI anyway?