Hi Bernie, et al.
See below ... :-)
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bernie [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Friday, 11 August 2000 16:27
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Comm's performance & FIFO settings & epppd(d)
>
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> >I understand than Bernie is rewriting "epppd(d)" to reduce it's memory
> >needs
>
> yes.
>
> >(just out of curiosity, how is this going to be achieved?).
>
> Two parts:
>
> 1. Reorganize so that code that's useless (ex. functions calling functions
> are turned into macros) isn't used anymore, make small diffrence (1-2K
> IIRC).
>
[da Silva, Joe]
I presume you are describing duplicate code? Also, what is IIRC?
> 2. Remove the parts that Arachne never uses (command-line, most of the
> commands in pppdrc.cfg) (8-9K currently, but I'm not finished yet - work
> was stopped since I didn't have the latest source code for Arachne
> earlier)
>
[da Silva, Joe]
OK ... provided the "pppd.cfg" file is still supported ... (I found
this file
was the easiest way to try different options :-).
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> Would that really increase speed for most people? Perhaps a second version
> could be made instead?
>
[da Silva, Joe]
Well, I believe this is what causes the "very, very slow with VESA"
problem
that some people (including Michael) have reported - if someone who
has
a PC with this "VESA problem" could confirm this, that would be nice
(just
DOS shell when on-line, then type "comtool 1 ^f1^" or "comtool 2
^f1^", etc.).
Sometimes it takes me up to 8 minutes to load a 20-25K web page from
the ISP (38400bps). With the FIFO change, it just takes a few
seconds!!!
Note that VESA is important because Arachne will never support all
video
card types directly and because VESA 3.0 is required by most
"refresh
rate control" utilities (for flicker reduction), but that's another
topic ...
Best regards,
Joe.
