Re: NIC driver question



On 2006/11/21 4:34, Frank Bonnet seems to have typed:
Nathan Vidican wrote:

[snip]

few intel cards utilizing the 'em', but nothing real extensive or

[snip]

I'll need the gigabit X 2 as we extensively use the imap protocol
( 500 , 600 imap processes during work hours )

thanks for your feedback


I had a few problems with the bge card before 6.1 fixed some bugs.

I would go with the em cards if given a choice. Intel develops their
own drivers for the em cards, I don't believe that Broadcom does the
same for their bge cards. I believe that bge is a third party effort,
and while they do an extraordinary job, they don't have the same
"inside knowledge" that intel has when they develop their em cards.

man em:
*** QUOTE ***
AUTHORS
The em driver was written by Intel Corporation
<freebsdnic@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>.
*** END QUOTE ***

man bge:
*** QUOTE ***
AUTHORS
The bge driver was written by Bill Paul <wpaul@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>.
*** END QUOTE ***
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