Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2006 07:57:46 -0900 From: "Peter A. Giessel" <pgiessel@mac.com> To: Frank Bonnet <f.bonnet@esiee.fr> Cc: freeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: NIC driver question Message-ID: <4563300A.2050408@mac.com> In-Reply-To: <4563005E.7010807@esiee.fr> References: <4562CF3D.1070203@esiee.fr> <4562FD87.1080105@wmptl.com> <4563005E.7010807@esiee.fr>
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On 2006/11/21 4:34, Frank Bonnet seems to have typed:
> Nathan Vidican wrote:
[snip]
>> few intel cards utilizing the 'em', but nothing real extensive or
[snip]
> I'll need the gigabit X 2 as we extensively use the imap protocol
> ( 500 , 600 imap processes during work hours )
>
> thanks for your feedback
>
I had a few problems with the bge card before 6.1 fixed some bugs.
I would go with the em cards if given a choice. Intel develops their
own drivers for the em cards, I don't believe that Broadcom does the
same for their bge cards. I believe that bge is a third party effort,
and while they do an extraordinary job, they don't have the same
"inside knowledge" that intel has when they develop their em cards.
man em:
*** QUOTE ***
AUTHORS
The em driver was written by Intel Corporation
<freebsdnic@mailbox.intel.com>.
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man bge:
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AUTHORS
The bge driver was written by Bill Paul <wpaul@windriver.com>.
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