EtherExpress Pro 100 Intelligent Server Adapter

Rob Drummond rsd@landofhaze.com
Fri Jun 25 22:35:56 1999


I dunno, I guess it is personal preference.

		-----Original Message-----
		From:	Donald Becker [mailto:becker@cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov]
		Sent:	Friday, June 25, 1999 2239
		To:	Rob Drummond
		Cc:	'Jeffrey Hundstad';
linux-eepro100@cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov
		Subject:	RE: EtherExpress Pro 100 Intelligent Server
Adapter

		On Fri, 25 Jun 1999, Rob Drummond wrote:

		> Rats, cause I think it'd be a great thing if it did cause
if it can work
		> wonders for windows NT, think of what it could do for
Linux

		It's not clear how much an on-board processor can help vs.
hardware that
		does IP/UDP/TCP checksumming in hardware, such as the
3c905B.

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