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Old 15-02-2018, 12:19   #13
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Re: SHUB3 Puma Bug - TBB BQM Improvement

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Originally Posted by Sephiroth View Post
Just so we all understand what has happened to the Hub 3, the code that handles ICMP packets (the BQM pings) has been shifted from the CPU (Puma 6) to one of the comms chips. At least that's my understanding. It makes the BQM look wonderful and does release the CPU to some extent to process the other protocols. However the periodic housekeeping interrupt still occurs. It could be classed as a cosmetic measure.
That is my take on this as well.

Our USA cousin's still have a Class Acttion lawsuit ongoing as far as I know against "Pumagate". Intel have done themselves no favours recently.
Hopefully the next gen cable modems will go back to Broadcom ?
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