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- From: jigang@dale.ssc.gov (Jigang Yang)
- Subject: Re: NFS really slow in 4.0.1
- Message-ID: <1992Aug16.025912.16186@sunova.ssc.gov>
- Sender: jigang@dale (Jigang Yang)
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- Organization: SSC Lab
- References: <31430@adm.brl.mil> <nch46so@rhyolite.wpd.sgi.com>
- Date: Sun, 16 Aug 1992 02:59:12 GMT
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- In article <nch46so@rhyolite.wpd.sgi.com>, vjs@rhyolite.wpd.sgi.com (Vernon Schryver) writes:
- |> In article <31430@adm.brl.mil>, root@roosta.ama.ttu.edu (Kim Andersen) writes:
- |> > ...
- |> > This is a software patch to a hardware bug. The software patch
- |> > is part of 4.0.5, so call SGI and get on their list to get 4.0.5
- |> > when 4.0.5a ships. SGI also has fixed the chip for future systems.
- |> >
- |> > This only works on IP12 and IP17 machines (Indigo, PI, Crimson). ....
- |>
- |> The problem that is affected by running in promiscuous mode affects
- |> only IP12's, 4D/35's and Indigos. It has nothing to do with Crimson.
- |> Running this program on a Crimson on a busy network is a good way to
- |> waste a lot of CPU cycles and do absolutely nothing good. The problem
- |> is related to interactions between the SEEQ ethernet chip and a custom
- |> chip in the IP12. The IP17 has neither of those chips.
- |>
- |>
- |> Vernon Schryver, vjs@sgi.com
-
- Is there any patch available for 4D/35 right now? The NFS is
- ridiculously slow, time out frequently. I hope I don't have to go
- back to old version.
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