netdev - Re: network card with LRO (and TSO) in hardware?

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Date:	Thu, 29 May 2008 10:36:51 -0700
From:	Rick Jones <rick.jones2@...com>
To:	Octavian Purdila <opurdila@...acom.com>
CC:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: network card with LRO (and TSO) in hardware?

Octavian Purdila wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Can you recommend a network card with LRO/TSO support in hardware which is 
> supported in Linux?
> 
> And, do you, by any chance, know what is the maximum number of packets per 
> second that you can obtain with such a setup?

That second bit sounds very much like a "how long is a piece of string" 
question.  What size packets?  What sort of host system(s)?  How many 
concurrent flows/connections etc etc etc...

rick jones
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