Linux-ATM support.

[Arjan van de Ven]

On Wed, Aug 04, 2004 at 05:44:57PM -0400, Lamar Owen wrote:
> On Wednesday 04 August 2004 16:37, Arjan van de Ven wrote:
> > On Wed, 2004-08-04 at 22:29, Lamar Owen wrote:
> > > Arjan, I've not seen a comment from you on this.  Can you please comment,
> > > even if the comment is for me to just go away with my ATM junk? :-)
> 
> > ATM is of, ehm, mixed quality. Some parts are ok, some are
> > undermaintained it seems and might pose a security risk. Note that the
> > current erratum kernel has ATM at least partially turned on but I would
> > appreciate feedback on which hardware works to be able to make a more
> > informed decision about what to enable exactly... "it compiles" vs "it
> > gives scary warnings" isn't the bes ;)
> 
> First, thank you for taking the time out of your busy schedule to reply.  
> Second, the HE drivers seem to be well-maintained, with Chas Williams being 
> active in patching as well as on the linux-atm list.  The HE622 is the 
> hardware I am using currently in a couple of Dell 2.4GHz Xeon servers 
> (ServerWorks chipset).  I have done some stress testing using ttcp amongst 
> others, and the HE is giving high throughput numbers on both the FC1 kernel 
> and the FC2 kernel (my custom compiled version, based on the last production 
> erratum).  I have stress-tested over several hours, and system load stays 
> pretty low, and things aren't throwing warnings or 'scary' errors.
> 
> In the interest of helping the project, I will be testing other adapters 
> shortly.  Mike Westall of Clemson University can speak to the Interphase and 

ok how about this; can you check the kernels we ship occasionally and give
me suggestions about *exact* config changes that would improve atm support.
Like "it's better to turn THIS option on as module" etc.
you know ATM a lot more than I do... 


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