Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 17:49:42 +0000 (GMT) From: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> To: freyes@inch.com Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Ethernet card with TCP stack built in Message-ID: <199905101749.KAA03139@usr07.primenet.com> In-Reply-To: <199905100325.XAA03729@arutam.inch.com> from "Francisco Reyes" at May 9, 99 11:18:06 pm
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> Just saw an interesting link in slashdot about an ethernet card with > built in TCP stack: > http://www.interprophet.com/demo.html > > The makers of the card claim that in a test VS a regular NIC they were > able to push about twice as much data with about 1/9th the utilization > in the CPU. > > Does a regular NIC card takes so many CPU cycles? Only if you don't trust the hardware checksumming, and turn on the software stuff for fear of packet corruption somwhere between layers 2 an 4. 8-). Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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