From owner-freebsd-hackers Sun Mar 21 21: 5:35 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (castles237.castles.com [208.214.165.237]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BDC3E15059 for ; Sun, 21 Mar 1999 21:05:31 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (LOCALHOST [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.9.3/8.8.8) with ESMTP id UAA03089; Sun, 21 Mar 1999 20:59:25 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <199903220459.UAA03089@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: Wes Peters Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Gigabit ethernet -- what am I doing wrong? In-reply-to: Your message of "Sun, 21 Mar 1999 21:21:52 MST." <36F5C560.462546F4@softweyr.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sun, 21 Mar 1999 20:59:25 -0800 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > > > >Does anyone know when the faster PCI busses (64bits or 66MHz PCI clock rate) > > > >are going to be availabe ? > > > > > > The "availability" of 66Mhz busses is almost moot. Making ASICs work at 33mhz > > > is a chore....66mhz is a waze off. > > > > That's close, but several of the major ASIC vendors were (or were > > claiming to be) sampling devices with 66MHz PCI macrocells the last time > > I looked. > > I guess our 80 Mhz ASICs are a bit of an oddity then? No; you just don't have any PCI experience. 8) PCI control logic needs to work on both edges of the clock. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message