Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2005 12:51:09 +0400 From: Dmitry Mityugov <dmitry.mityugov@gmail.com> To: Emanuel Strobl <Emanuel.strobl@gmx.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: GbE NICs besides em (recommendation wanted) Message-ID: <b7052e1e0508310151565ab39e@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <200508310046.20808@harrymail> References: <200508310046.20808@harrymail>
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On 8/31/05, Emanuel Strobl <Emanuel.strobl@gmx.net> wrote: > Hello, >=20 > I'm quiet disappointed with the em nics and wanted to try some other > GigaBit NICs (1000baseTX only). > AFAIK there are re, sk, bge driven cards. Which doesn't saturate a PIII@8= 00 > at 200mbit/s with interrupt load (like em does)? > I heard that the re is way better than the not so well rl and although mu= ch > cheaper than em more efficient. > What about bge? Or sk? Any comments welcome, also if I missed a supported > family (TX only) I have a gigabit card managed by re and sk drivers at home IIRC (PIII@866, 2xPIII@1400). I can run some tests for you this weekend if you wish. --=20 Dmitry Mityugov, St. Petersburg, Russia I ignore all messages with confidentiality statements "We live less by imagination than despite it" - Rockwell Kent, "N by E"
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