bge dropping packets issue

Andrew Snow andrew at modulus.org
Fri Apr 18 04:15:59 UTC 2008


Robert Watson wrote:

> I would generally discourage use of our current DEVICE_POLLING code 
> using modern network devices, as the polling rate as compared to buffer 
> size has changed significantly, meaning that polling rates have to be 
> set ridiculously high.  

I agree, from my playing around there's no point using polling on modern 
hardware.  It uses *more* CPU time and doesn't seem to increase throughput.

- Andrew


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