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- From: olson@anchor.esd.sgi.com (Dave Olson)
- Subject: Re: NFS really slow in 4.0.1
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- Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc. Mountain View, CA
- References: <31430@adm.brl.mil> <nch46so@rhyolite.wpd.sgi.com> <1992Aug16.025912.16186@sunova.ssc.gov>
- Date: Sun, 16 Aug 92 07:58:19 GMT
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- In <1992Aug16.025912.16186@sunova.ssc.gov> jigang@dale.ssc.gov (Jigang Yang) writes:
- | |> 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.
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- | 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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- Yes, 4.0.5 is shipping now, so as Vernon said, get 4.0.5...
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- Let no one tell me that silence gives consent, | Dave Olson
- because whoever is silent dissents. | Silicon Graphics, Inc.
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