NIC driver question

[Peter A. Giessel]

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 at mailbox.intel.com>.
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man bge:
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AUTHORS
     The bge driver was written by Bill Paul <wpaul at windriver.com>.
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