Alan> per packet tx/rx irq's are just the current very primitive
Alan> network card design
>> Sure, but even 80000 divided by 10 is an awful lot ;-)
Philip> 8000 irqs a second is a lot yes, but it won't kill you.
No, but on top of that you need to have the TCP stack handle all those
80000/sec small 1500 byte packets ......
Jes
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