Michael Schuster wrote:
> All,
>
> I'm looking to get myself a GigE adapter for the PC I recently acquired, to
> run OpenSolaris, and would like to ask if anyone can recommend any given
> device; I'm looking at PCIe devices, but if reports favour regular PCI, I
> could go with that too.
>
> In the HCL, we only see Intel Pro /1000 *PT* Server Adapter (EXPI9400PT)
> devices, whereas intel also has a Intel Gigabit *CT* Desktop Adapter
> (EXPI9301CT), which - at first glance - seems quite a bit cheaper than the
> PT devices.
>
> Has anyone tested the Desktop Adapter successfully with OpenSolaris, or
> provide a good argument why it should work?
> How about the PCI device (Intel® PRO/1000 GT Desktop Adapter), which I
> don't see in the HCL either?
>
> any other (non-intel) recommendations?
>
> TIA
> Michael
>
If you have moderate perf. requirements, the Realtek offerings are both
cheap and functional. They lack many of the advanced features (LSO,
virtualization, multiple ring support, etc.) that other offerings have,
but they also are a lot cheaper.
In my experience, they Just Work. (Note that I do *NOT* make the same
claim about the Realtek 100M offerings... their 1G parts are robust, but
the 100M ones were notoriously buggy requiring some rather evil
(performance killing) software workarounds.
On the high end, the only other serious player in the 1G space I could
recommend would be Broadcom. Their NICs are harder to find though.
- Garrett
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