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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