Date: Mon, 15 Mar 1999 08:58:07 -0700 From: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> To: Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com> Cc: Amancio Hasty <hasty@rah.star-gate.com>, Cory Kempf <ckempf@enigami.com>, Bill Paul <wpaul@skynet.ctr.columbia.edu>, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Gigabit ethernet -- what am I doing wrong? Message-ID: <36ED2E0F.6B0028DB@softweyr.com> References: <199903151352.IAA26873@mail.gwi.net>
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Fletcher E Kittredge wrote: > > 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. Tell that to Alcatel, who just agreed to pay $2 billion for us. > P.S. I hope to be one of your first customers! You're about 5 years too late for that. See http://www.xylan.com/ for the full poop. You'll specifically want to look at the Omni Switch/ Router and the 2-port GSX Gigabit Ethernet card. -- "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?" Wes Peters Softweyr LLC http://www.softweyr.com/~softweyr wes@softweyr.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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