Date: Sat, 22 Nov 1997 13:00:49 -0800 From: David Greenman <dg@root.com> To: Suresh Rajagopalan <sraja@cinenet.net> Cc: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Ethernet card for NFS server Message-ID: <199711222100.NAA08765@implode.root.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 22 Nov 1997 00:44:24 PST." <Pine.GSO.3.95.971122003931.12237C-100000@hollywood.cinenet.net>
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>For a Freebsd NFS server, I'm looking for a NIC with a decent amount of >cache memory. Most of the 10/100 NIC's on the market have very small >buffer caches, typically < 8k . > >This used to be a big problem in the ISA/EISA days. Is it no longer a >problem with the PCI NIC's? PCI ethernet cards such as the 'de' and 'fxp' cards do PCI DMA and don't need more than about 2K of fifo RAM to assure reliable packet delivery. -DG David Greenman Core-team/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project
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