1Gbps/10Gbps Ethernet Driver Features in Crossbow

The following table presents an overview of the NIC features that are supported in Crossbow putback #1.

Legend:
- Y: has been available in Crossbow gate
 - N: ongoing development work

- RSS: Receive Side Scaling
 - RTS: Receive Traffic Steering
------bge

(Broadcom)
e1000g

(Intel Ophir)
igb

(Intel Zoar/Kawela)
ixgbe

(Intel Oplin XFrame)
nxge

(Sun Neptune)
xge

(Neterion XframeII)
------1 GbE1 GbE1 GbE10 GbE1 GbE or 10 GbE10 GbE
Multiple TX ring support

for

better performance
Hardware Rings

Available
424324 or 88
Framework Support

Available
YYYYYY
Driver AvailableNNYYYY
Multiple TX ring

and ring support

for L2 Virtualization
Hardware Rings

Available
4n/a4162 or 41 or 8
Framework Support

Available
Yn/aYYYY
Driver AvailableYn/aYYYY
CommentSimple*1n/aVMDqVMDqL2 Classifier

and Ring Groups
n/a or RTS
L3/L4 ring support

using

H/W Rx rings
Hardware Rings

Available
124644 or 88 or 1
Framework Support

Available
YYYYYY
Driver AvailableYNYYYY
Commentn/aRSSRSSRSSL3,L4 ClassifierRTS or n/a
MSI-X Support

for

better performance
Hardware Rings

Available
n/a*2Y8+116+1+116+16+1
Framework Support

Availabe
------YYYY
Driver AvailableYYYYYY
last modified by rrc_1956 on 2009/11/17 19:29
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