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Subject: Re: Any recommendations for a 10G NIC from Broadcom
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On 1/4/12 6:10 AM, Vijay Singh wrote:
> Hi. I would like to try out a 10G NIC from Broadcom. The BCM5716 seems
> promising. I am looking for features such as multi-queue, MSI-X, TSO
> etc. Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated.
> 


Now, I'm going to offer you an indirect response.

Jack Vogel, who works at Intel, writes and maintains the code for most
(all?) the Intel NICs on FreeBSD.

If I had to make a choice between Broadcom and Intel, I'd go with Intel
for this very reason.