Date: Sat, 8 Sep 2007 01:32:25 +0200 (CEST) From: Christopher Arnold <chris@arnold.se> To: Andre Oppermann <andre@freebsd.org> Cc: Bakul Shah <bakul@bitblocks.com>, freebsd-net@freebsd.org, Kirc Gover <kirc.gover@yahoo.com.au> Subject: Re: OS choice for an edge router Message-ID: <20070908012111.C66700@chrishome.localnet> In-Reply-To: <46E1D74D.3070409@freebsd.org> References: <20070907200809.CB6B05B58@mail.bitblocks.com> <46E1D74D.3070409@freebsd.org>
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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/ 4 port wire speed GigE forwarding on a PCI card with drivers for linux CentOS 4. (And inter card links for joining more cards together.) Hardware developed at Stanford under a BSD license, and they seem to have cards ready to ship any day now. I shure would like to take that card for a ride under FreeBSD! > a single flash disk that is replaceable without having to disassemble > the entire case. There are some 3.5" based flash disks on the market > or buy a CF to ATA adapter for mounting into a 3.5" disk slot and use > normal but fast CF cards. That'll do it. > May i ask if you take any precautions to protect against wearing out the flash? /Chris -- http://www.arnold.se/
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