Re: real hardware router VS linux router

[Leen Besselink <leen () consolejunkie net>]

Ray Burkholder wrote:
> > In scaling upward. How would a linux router even if a kernel guru were
> > to tweak and compile an optimized build, compare to a 7600/RSP720CXL or
> > a Juniper PIC in ASIC? At some point packets/sec becomes a limitation I
> > would think.
>
> Is anyone building linux/bsd-box add-on cards with off the shelf packet
> processors?    Maybe something with the likes of
> http://www.netlogicmicro.com/ or whatever?

The first thing that comes to mind is this open source addon-card with
FPGA-processor for routing packets in hardware:

http://www.liberouter.org/liberouter.php