How does it look in dmesg for this card? Sent from my iPhone
On May 18, 2011, at 10:42, Joosep <joos...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 10:06 AM, Patrick Oeschger < > patrick.oesch...@bluewin.ch> wrote: > >> thank you for your input >> why 'only' 400mbit? >> the specs say 2gbit for BCM5862 in a pci-e 4x slot... >> sounds like quite some overhead writing/ getting packets to/from the card - >> i would have expected it higher but i do not want to question your tests >> *hmmm* >> >> Sent from Pat's iPhone >> > > Hi! > > There is of course a possibility, that the test doesn't simulate reality in > the best way. > The specs say 2gbit, but when doing 400mbps there isn't much power left on > machines main cpu (10% idle). > So i guess the limiting factor here is main cpu not the CA card. > I have done the same tests with 1,8 GHz opteron and in that case the result > was around 270mbps. > > Joosep
