[ntp:questions] is USB inherently evil, or only if something else is on the bus?

Mike. the.lists at mgm51.com
Thu Aug 9 20:01:17 UTC 2012


On 8/9/2012 at 8:36 PM David Taylor wrote:

|On 09/08/2012 17:55, Rick Jones wrote:
|[]
|> WRT LAN, I'll refer back to previous discussions about interrupt
|> coalescing/avoidance algorithms for LAN cards.  I think unruh did
some
|> experimentation there.
|>
|> rick
|
|Yes, that's a good point, Rick.  Most PCs here are on a 1 Gb/s 
|connection, and I've made no attempt to check whether 100 Mb/s would 
|give better NTP performance.  For my own needs, what I get is already 
|"good enough", but as soon as you start measuring you want to get the 
|very best, even if it's not needed.....
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"...but as soon as you start measuring you want to get the very best,
even if it's not needed........"


Whatever is measured is optimized.





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