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On Jan 21, 2004, at 9:25 PM, Darren Reed wrote:
> The paper aside, are 100BT nics coming out with interrupt deferal or
> is it only 1000BT ones ?  What about 4 port 1000BT cards (can you get
> them, even) ?

Some 10/100 NICs had some primitive interrupt deferral, i.e. you could 
select on a per-Rx descriptor basis if the packet would trigger an 
interrupt.

OTOH, inexpensive 10/100/1000 NICs are just fine for running at 100, as 
well :-)

Regarding 4-port 10/100 boards, D-Link may still have the DFE-570TX 
available.  Adaptec also had a 4-port 10/100 board, but I don't know 
about its availability.

Really, I'd be shocked if vendors were wasting their time building new 
multi-port 10/100 boards.

         -- Jason R. Thorpe <thorpej@wasabisystems.com>


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