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<pre wrap="">Prentice Bisbal <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:prentice@ias.edu"><prentice@ias.edu></a> wrote:
Does anyone know of any network cards/drivers that support TOE (TCP
Offload Engine) for Linux? A hardware vendor just told me that Linux
does not support the TOE features of *any* network card.
Given Linux's strong presence in HPC and the value of having TOE in a
cluster, I find that hard to believe.
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Maybe there are some good reasons?<br>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TCP_Offload_Engine">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TCP_Offload_Engine</a><br>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://lwn.net/Articles/148697/">http://lwn.net/Articles/148697/</a><br>
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I did hear of Chelsio doing it, but nothing certain either.<br>
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