From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 29 00:40:10 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 17BB416A41F for ; Thu, 29 Dec 2005 00:40:10 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from cracauer@schlepper.zs64.net) Received: from schlepper.zs64.net (schlepper.zs64.net [212.12.50.230]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B70BD43D46 for ; Thu, 29 Dec 2005 00:40:08 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from cracauer@schlepper.zs64.net) Received: from schlepper.zs64.net (schlepper [212.12.50.230]) by schlepper.zs64.net (8.13.3/8.12.9) with ESMTP id jBT0dwaG083757; Thu, 29 Dec 2005 01:39:58 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from cracauer@schlepper.zs64.net) Received: (from cracauer@localhost) by schlepper.zs64.net (8.13.3/8.12.9/Submit) id jBT0dvkV083756; Wed, 28 Dec 2005 19:39:57 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from cracauer) Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2005 19:39:57 -0500 From: Martin Cracauer To: Danial Thom Message-ID: <20051228193957.A83703@cons.org> References: <7.0.0.16.2.20051209043008.04db6550@Msdi.ca> <20051210164306.39668.qmail@web33301.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20051210164306.39668.qmail@web33301.mail.mud.yahoo.com>; from danial_thom@yahoo.com on Sat, Dec 10, 2005 at 08:43:06AM -0800 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Jiri Mikulas , Ian Lord Subject: Re: PCI-E 1x network adapter X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2005 00:40:10 -0000 > > >I'm looking for PCI-Express 1x network adapter > > for FBSD-6 > > >I found adpaters only for PCI-X in > > documentation, > > >on google I didn't find much more :(... > > > > > >Is there any PCI-E adapter supported ? > > >Could you recommend me any adapter, plase ? > > >Thanks for reply. > > >Jiri > > > > We use Intel's dual ports gigabit adapters in > > dell's servers with > > freebsd 6 without any problem. > > > > They are supported by the "em" driver > > Note that 1x PCI-E isn't fast enough to fully > support gigabit speeds. Its about equivalent to > running on a 32bit bus performance-wise. You need > 4x to get full gig performance. No. PCI 32bit/33MHz is max 132 MB/sec. Here's PCIe speed: x1 5 Gbps 4 Gbps (500 MB/sec) x4 20 Gbps 16 Gbps (2 GB/sec) x8 40 Gbps 32 Gbps (4 GB/sec) x16 80 Gbps 64 Gbps (8 GB/sec) Martin -- %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Martin Cracauer http://www.cons.org/cracauer/ FreeBSD - where you want to go, today. http://www.freebsd.org/