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Van Jacobson's network channels & 10 Gb/s ethernet

Posted Feb 1, 2006 2:17 UTC (Wed) by bk (guest, #25617)
In reply to: Van Jacobson's network channels & 10 Gb/s ethernet by csamuel
Parent article: Van Jacobson's network channels

What is a TOE?

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TOE

Posted Feb 1, 2006 2:25 UTC (Wed) by corbet (editor, #1) [Link]

TOE = "TCP Offload Engine," the TCP protocol implemented in adapter firmware. See this Kernel Page article from last August for one Linux-based implementation and all the reasons why it didn't get merged.