Date: Fri, 06 Sep 2002 12:31:42 -0700 From: Darren Pilgrim <dmp@pantherdragon.org> To: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> Cc: Dan Ellard <ellard@eecs.harvard.edu>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: gigabit NIC of choice? Message-ID: <3D79029E.ED8020EF@pantherdragon.org> References: <Pine.BSF.4.44.0209061151560.35790-100000@bowser.eecs.harvard.edu> <3D78E69C.4152CC8@mindspring.com> <3D78F17F.5BE2499B@pantherdragon.org> <3D78FD1E.EAA7ABD7@mindspring.com>
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Thank you! It was fun to watch questions come up and get shot down while reading the same email. Now if you'll excuse me, I need to go use the source, Terry. Terry Lambert wrote: > Darren Pilgrim wrote: > > Terry Lambert wrote: > > > Dan Ellard wrote: > > > > What's the gigabit ethernet NIC of choice these days? (I've had good > > > > experiences with the NetGear G620T, but apparently this card is no > > > > longer being sold.) > > > > > > The Tigon II has the best performances, but that's because > > > software people rewrote the firmware, instead of hardware > > > engineers moonlighting as programmers. 8-) 8-). > > > > I recall from a while back that gigabit cards have "relatively" large > > caches on them, correct? How does the size of the cache impact > > performance, and what is considered a sufficient cache size? > > The best advice I have for you is to read the source code for > the drivers, specifically any commentary by Bill Paul up top; > he tells it like it is, with regard to the hardware. <long explaination snipped> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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