> Each TOE implementation is locked in time by the speed of the NIC. > Given time, the network stack will -exceed- the speed of > today's TOE NICs. > > You can see this with 100mbps TOE NICs, which are slower than today's > software net stack, with today's software net stack being more > featureful at the same time.
That's true. However, the TOE does not replace the software stack and once CPUs catch up, offload can be turned off and it would be just like a normal NIC. The idea is to provide a performance boost while there is need for it. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
