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** Use [http://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=ethtool ethtool] on Linux to configure NICs (try <tt>ethtool -g, -k and -c</tt>)

* PCI shared bus/bus-mastering, PCIe slots/lanes (channel grouping), PCI-X, MSI

<blockquote>"Many times, but not every time, a network frontend processor is likely to be an overly complex solution to the wrong part of the problem. It is possibly an expedient short-term measure (and there's certainly a place in the world for those), but as a long-term architectural approach, the commoditization of processor cores makes specialized hardware very difficult to justify."

<blockquote>"Many times, but not every time, a network frontend processor is likely to be an overly complex solution to the wrong part of the problem. It is possibly an expedient short-term measure (and there's certainly a place in the world for those), but as a long-term architectural approach, the commoditization of processor cores makes specialized hardware very difficult to justify." - Mike O'Dell, "[http://queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?id=1530828 Network Front-end Processors, Yet Again]"</blockquote>

- Mike O'Dell, "[http://queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?id=1530828 Network Front-end Processors, Yet Again]"</blockquote>

===Operating System Esoterica===

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 ** Use [http://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=ethtool ethtool] on Linux to configure NICs (try <tt>ethtool -g, -k and -c</tt>)
 * PCI shared bus/bus-mastering, PCIe slots/lanes (channel grouping), PCI-X, MSI
-<blockquote>"Many times, but not every time, a network frontend processor is likely to be an overly complex solution to the wrong part of the problem. It is possibly an expedient short-term measure (and there's certainly a place in the world for those), but as a long-term architectural approach, the commoditization of processor cores makes specialized hardware very difficult to justify."
+<blockquote>"Many times, but not every time, a network frontend processor is likely to be an overly complex solution to the wrong part of the problem. It is possibly an expedient short-term measure (and there's certainly a place in the world for those), but as a long-term architectural approach, the commoditization of processor cores makes specialized hardware very difficult to justify." - Mike O'Dell, "[http://queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?id=1530828 Network Front-end Processors, Yet Again]"</blockquote>
-- Mike O'Dell, "[http://queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?id=1530828 Network Front-end Processors, Yet Again]"</blockquote>
 ===Operating System Esoterica===