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Date: Fri, 10 May 2002 07:43:43 -0700 (PDT)
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Subject: Re: Tcp/ip offload card driver
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   From: "chen, xiangping" <chen_xiangping@emc.com>
   Date: Fri, 10 May 2002 10:48:23 -0400

   Is there any TCP offload (TOE) card driver available on Linux?
   
Why do you want it?  There is no proven performance benefit.

PCI bandwidth is the limiting factor for networking performance.