Re: Interest in Broadcom crypto cards?

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>>>>> "Thomas" == Thomas E
Spanjaard <tgennetphreax.net> writes:
    Thomas> Todd Vierling wrote:
    >> There are many such embedded/small-CPU devices
(not just for VPN,
    >> mind you) that need low power consumption,
which is certainly not
    >> an amd64-type-CPU strong suit.  A CPU of the
power you mention is
    >> a *very very bad* fit here; typically these
machines are 486 or
    >> Pentium-II generation at best.  It's like
comparing pears
    >> vs. tangerines, or something like that.

    Thomas> I'm left wondering what use PCI64/66 is there
then? Sure,
    Thomas> there are SoCs with PCI64/66 buses
(Intel/Marvell?), but I
    Thomas> haven't seen any solution where they offer
that as PCI slot,

  well... uhm. I've seen many devel boxes that have PCI
slots like that.
  PPC440s, MIPS, etc.
  Do you leave it as a PCI slot? No.  You buy the devices
you need, and
build a new board that has the things you need.
  Go open a Cisco VPN3K box and see what is inside.

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