Rogers, Android, tethering...

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Wed, Aug 15, 2012 at 03:56:32PM -0400, James Knott wrote:
> I thought using USB would cause a performance hit, as it has to
> handle each byte separately, rather than DMA as used by network
> adapters.

USB can do block transfers, but it is certainly a lot less efficient
than a propery connected network device.

So using the USB ethernet is likely to use a lot more CPU than the wifi,
and could potentially actually use more power than wifi as a result.

-- 
Len Sorensen
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