[openbeosnetteam] Re: Some quick questions

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Date: Tue, 30 May 2006 09:36:22 +0200
From: Oliver Tappe <openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [openbeosnetteam] Re: Some quick questions

Yes, but there's slow and *slow* >;o)
Currently it really is too slow to be useful, at least on my machines. I'll
spend some time trying to figure out what the problem is, if it's related to
a specific network chipset (driver) or if it's a problem within he stack.


It appears that you've already discovered this, but i'll post my results 
anyway:

It seems to me that the rtl8139 driver is a bit flaky and slow... in
case that's what you're using.  The ipro1000 driver running in VMWare
is pretty slick I have found.

The rtl8139 driver tends to stop working after a few pages are loaded
in a browser...

This worries me a bit, since I used this driver as the basis for the
dp83815 driver I ported from bebits - I have a feeling there may be
some bad locking or memory allocation there that I don't understand.

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