On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 5:40 AM, erik quanstrom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> what i have seen is that the intel 82598 10gbit chip, by keeping > its tx and rx descriptor rings in cachable regular memory can > mash the fsb to little bits. it's still pretty fast, though. > it's funny how often this lesson is relearned. But cost is the driver, and memory-free NICS are cheaper ... there are even memory-free infiniband cards now. But I remember a A Quadrics guy telling me he never wanted to put descriptors into main memory ever, ever again. ron
