Hi.... Today a really strange problem appeared in my mind... Lets take the following example.. We have ethernet packets of 1250 bytes/packet... (i use the 1250 number because i make the calculation simpler) We have 1250*8bits=10.000 bits.. My pc has an 100Mbit ethernet card this means 100.000.000 bits per second... So our ethernet card must transmit data in 100.000.000/10.000= 10.000 packets per second... I am trying to figure out how a kernel can tolerate with so much traffic... I think/suppose that a packet needs some ms for being handled (i wiil check it later).. If this is true how a kernel can send so much packets when there is not enough time? 1000ms == 1 sec. PS: I know that the 100Mbit is only a theory based speed and you can not achieve such a number... But stil l my question has not been answered... Thx a lot... I hope that your answers will satisfy eveyone :) Have a nice day __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? All your favorites on one personal page ? Try My Yahoo! http://my.yahoo.com -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
