From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Mar 15 5:53:23 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mail.gwi.net (mail.gwi.net [204.120.68.142]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7D125150BD for ; Mon, 15 Mar 1999 05:53:17 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from fkittred@mail.gwi.net) Received: from mail.gwi.net (fkittred@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.gwi.net (8.8.5/8.8.7) with ESMTP id IAA26873; Mon, 15 Mar 1999 08:52:12 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <199903151352.IAA26873@mail.gwi.net> To: Wes Peters Cc: Matthew Dillon , Amancio Hasty , Cory Kempf , Bill Paul , freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Reply-To: Matthew Dillon Subject: Re: Gigabit ethernet -- what am I doing wrong? In-reply-to: Your message of "Sun, 14 Mar 1999 21:48:02 MST." <36EC9102.119A6973@softweyr.com> Date: Mon, 15 Mar 1999 08:52:11 -0500 From: Fletcher E Kittredge Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sun, 14 Mar 1999 21:48:02 -0700 Wes Peters wrote: > > > > On Sun, 14 Mar 1999 12:46:07 -0800 Amancio Hasty wrote: > > > > > > Not sure what the problem here is . Can a network chipset designer > > > create a chipset with a concept of a program store? The answer is yes > > > , if they chose to implement a sloppy design thats a different issue. > > > > Amancio; How big do you envision the queues on a NIC card need to be > > to handle a moderately loaded, full duplex gigabit ethernet? > > 8 MB of high-speed SDRAM for 2 ports, with hardware queueing support. > I can't tell you how I know this, or I'd have to kill -1 you. ;^) > -- Well, good luck Wes; I will be rooting for you and yours. However, I have been building/tinkering with this kind of router since 1984, and I don't think it is going to survive in any meaningful way. The marketing/economic challenges are just too great. regards, fletcher P.S. I hope to be one of your first customers! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message