From: "Catalin(ux aka Dino) BOIE" <util@deuroconsult.ro>
To: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>
Cc: netdev@oss.sgi.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] dummy: improve performance
Date: Thu, 26 May 2005 09:03:29 +0300 (EEST) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.62.0505260900100.7768@webhosting.rdsbv.ro> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20050525.151149.08323692.davem@davemloft.net>
On Wed, 25 May 2005, David S. Miller wrote:
> From: "Catalin(ux aka Dino) BOIE" <util@deuroconsult.ro>
> Date: Fri, 20 May 2005 13:11:24 +0300 (EEST)
>
>> I tested the speed and seems very low (both old version and the new one).
>> Something like 37Mbits/s. It is normal?
>> I can easily get 80Mbit/s on the same machine on ethernet.
>
> How are you receiving packets on the dummy device for
> performance testing? This device is a transmit blackhole
> and receives no packets :-)
I only test the output part. I measure how time it takes to send an amount
of data (icmp or udp).
> I really don't see a real need for your patch, dummy device
> performance cannot be claimed to be important at all.
Of course it's not very important.
But if someone is using it, why not at full speed?
Thanks.
---
Catalin(ux aka Dino) BOIE
catab at deuroconsult.ro
http://kernel.umbrella.ro/
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2005-05-20 10:11 [PATCH] dummy: improve performance Catalin(ux aka Dino) BOIE
2005-05-25 22:11 ` David S. Miller
2005-05-26 6:03 ` Catalin(ux aka Dino) BOIE [this message]
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