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Date:      Wed, 04 Jan 2012 10:31:00 +0100
From:      Damien Fleuriot <ml@my.gd>
To:        freebsd-net@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Any recommendations for a 10G NIC from Broadcom
Message-ID:  <4F041C54.4010904@my.gd>
In-Reply-To: <CALCNsJTBLq3OQcftWXb2JUi1iYdv0NOQU2KejmJPs-J5xHHLLA@mail.gmail.com>
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On 1/4/12 6:10 AM, Vijay Singh wrote:
> Hi. I would like to try out a 10G NIC from Broadcom. The BCM5716 seems
> promising. I am looking for features such as multi-queue, MSI-X, TSO
> etc. Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated.
> 


Now, I'm going to offer you an indirect response.

Jack Vogel, who works at Intel, writes and maintains the code for most
(all?) the Intel NICs on FreeBSD.

If I had to make a choice between Broadcom and Intel, I'd go with Intel
for this very reason.



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