On Fri, Aug 02, 2019 at 09:19:09AM +0100, Andy Lemin wrote: > Hi list, > > I know this is a rather classic question, but I have searched a lot on this > again recently, and I just cannot find any conclusive up to date information? > > I am looking to buy the best 1Gbe NIC possible for OpenBSD and the only > official comments I can find relate to 3COM for ISA, or community consensus > towards Chelsio for 10Gbe. > > I know Intel works ok and I???ve used the i350???s before, but my > understanding is that Intel still doesn???t provide the documentation for > their NICs and so the emX driver is reverse engineered.
This is incorrect. Intel provides datasheets for Ethernet parts. em(4) is derived from Intel authored code for FreeBSD supplied under a permissive license. > > And if I remember correctly some offload features were also disabled in the > emX driver a while back as some functions where found to be insecure on die > and so it was deemed safer to bring the logic back on CPU. > > So I???m looking for the best 1Gbe NIC that supports the most offloading/best > driver support/performance etc. > > Thanks, Andy. > > PS; could we update the official supported hardware lists? ;) > All the best. > > > Sent from a teeny tiny keyboard, so please excuse typos >
