Date: Sat, 8 Sep 2007 15:36:57 -0400 From: Gary Palmer <gpalmer@freebsd.org> To: Christopher Arnold <chris@arnold.se> Cc: Bakul Shah <bakul@bitblocks.com>, freebsd-net@freebsd.org, Kirc Gover <kirc.gover@yahoo.com.au>, Andre Oppermann <andre@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: OS choice for an edge router Message-ID: <20070908193657.GC8194@in-addr.com> In-Reply-To: <20070908012111.C66700@chrishome.localnet> References: <20070907200809.CB6B05B58@mail.bitblocks.com> <46E1D74D.3070409@freebsd.org> <20070908012111.C66700@chrishome.localnet>
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On Sat, Sep 08, 2007 at 01:32:25AM +0200, Christopher Arnold wrote: > > > On Sat, 8 Sep 2007, Andre Oppermann wrote: > > >There are no NICs known that can do packet forwarding offload. > >And neither is there support in FreeBSD for that. You're probably > >confusing this with checksum offloading or TSO (TCP segmentation > >offloading) which isn't an issue with packet forwarding at all. > > > This was my understanding to until the original poster inspired be to > google yet another time for a card supporting packet forwarding offload. > > To my suprise i found one! > > http://netfpga.org/ This might also prove a good routing platform: http://www.tilera.com/products/boards.php
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