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Subject: Re: Looking for testers with these NICs
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On Thu, 2002-10-10 at 00:37, Denis Vlasenko wrote:

> I'd suggest SMP/preempt heavy IO. Is there stress test software for NICs?
> What is pktgen?

A kernelmodule that's capable of generating over a million packets per
second on a fast enough machine. It stresstests NIC's and NIC-drivers a
lot.

-- 
/Martin

Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level, then beat
you with experience.