Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 10 Mar 2002 20:31:40 -0500 | From | Jeff Garzik <> | Subject | Re: Broadcom 5700/5701 Gigabit Ethernet Adapters |
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Richard Gooch wrote: > > David S. Miller writes: > > From: Richard Gooch <rgooch@ras.ucalgary.ca> > > Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2002 17:55:44 -0700 > > > > David S. Miller writes: > > > The hardware is not capable of doing it, due to bugs in the hw > > > checksum implementation of the sk98 chipset. They aren't being > > > "slow" they just can't possibly implement it for you. > > > > So what is currently the best combination of gige card/driver/cost? > > What do you recommend to the budget-conscious? > > > > I can only tell you what I know performance wise about cards, > > and currently it looks like: > > > > 1) Intel E1000 > > 2) Tigon2, aka. Acenic > > 3) SysKonnect sk98, but has broken TX checksums. If it had > > working TX checksums it would be in 2nd place instead of Acenic. > > This hw bug is essentially why Acenics were used for all the > > TUX benchmarks runs instead of SysKonnect cards. > > 4) Tigon3, aka. bcm57xx > > > > This may surprise some people, but frankly I think the Tigon3's PCI > > dma engine is junk based upon my current knowledge of the card. It is > > always possible I may find out something new which kills this > > perception I have of the card, but we'll see... > > I note the Intel card is pretty expensive. What are these "Addtron" > cards I see listed on www.pricewatch.com for US$36 ?Is that a > supported card under another name? > > > All the cards listed above have good GPL'd drivers available. > > When is the E1000 driver going to be added to the kernel?
It's already in 2.5.
It will be added to 2.4.x after further testing and review in 2.5.x.
Jeff
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