I think it's safe to define "real hardware" as hardware with ASIC's as opposed to software based solutions. On Sat, Feb 21, 2009 at 11:21 AM, Edward B. DREGER < eddy+public+spam@noc.everquick.net <eddy%2Bpublic%2Bspam@noc.everquick.net>>wrote:
DK> Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2009 09:30:16 -0500 DK> From: Deric Kwok
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Let's blur the line a bit more:
CompactPCI? NICs such as those [apparently] offered by Cavium... or any other number of places working ARM/Freescale, MIPS, or PowerPC magic on NICs?
What is "real" hardware, anyway? Would a 26xx, 38xx, et cetera qualify under said definition?
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