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16 years ago

Ethernet performance using TSE in uClinux

Hi all, I am measuring ethernet performance on a NIOS II based board with an Altera TSE IP Core running uClinux, and it's been disappointing so far. I've done timing using TCP and UDP, and bar...
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15 years ago

What performance do you expect ? As said in this thread, a NIOS LINUX system will by far not be able to keep up with a line speed of 1 GBit (100 MByte/sec netto) . I doubt even 100 MBit (some 10 MByte/sec netto) performance can be achieved. This system is not viable to do a router kind of application.

-Michael