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16 years ago

Maximum ethernet speed available with NiosII + Linux

Hello, I plane to built a system with a niosII mmu and linux on an Cyclone III device. I will use an IP ethernet core with an dp83848 phy. I need to use ethernet TCP communication. What is t...
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16 years ago

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OK, so jumbo frame will change nothing.

Work is to do in the software/driver part. I'm correct?

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Software, yes. Driver, not so much. A relatively small part of the time it takes to send a packet from an application is the time spent in driver code.