Hello Jeff ,
On Thu, 5 Jun 2003, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> Mr. James W. Laferriere wrote:
> > Hello Jeff , All , Why couldn't the implementation be setup that
> > the tcp offload code would be acquired from a kernel build ? ie:
> > the card presents a filesystem to the user and a script (or ?) is
> > used to place the necessary components onto that file system &
> > tested & ... Very difficult yes , But s/b do able .
>
> Well, that's too expensive to embed on a card. You basically just
> re-created an SMP (well, AMP) system, except that socket traffic,
> userland interfacing, and such has an extra bounce over the PCI bus.
Ok, What that would've created then would have been a firewall or
netappliance or computer on a adaptor . That would be a No win
$'s wise as far as I can see . At least it would be too
expensive for my pocket book . Tnx , JimL
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