From owner-freebsd-stable Wed Mar 12 23:56:30 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id XAA12576 for stable-outgoing; Wed, 12 Mar 1997 23:56:30 -0800 (PST) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id XAA12571; Wed, 12 Mar 1997 23:56:09 -0800 (PST) Received: (from msmith@localhost) by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.8.5/8.7.3) id SAA03800; Thu, 13 Mar 1997 18:25:59 +1030 (CST) From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199703130755.SAA03800@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: PCI ethernet In-Reply-To: <9703130734.AA13521@chad.anasazi.com> from "Chad R. Larson" at "Mar 13, 97 00:34:00 am" To: chad@anasazi.com Date: Thu, 13 Mar 1997 18:25:59 +1030 (CST) Cc: se@freebsd.org, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL28 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-stable@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Chad R. Larson stands accused of saying: > > Unfortunately, I had failed to notice that although 2.1.7 now handles > the SCSI controller, it does not handle the PCI ethernet adapter. > Bummer. No network. > > So, here's the question. How hard would it be to put the PCI ethernet > code from 2.2 into 2.1.7? Would that be loonie in light of my desire > for stability? Depends. More importantly though, the Lance is not a scintillating performer, and if your time is worth anything much to you, a cheap Tulip (DC2104x) based card (eg. SMC EtherPower PCI or Alloy EtherGold PCI) would be a much better way to go in terms of performance and supportedness. -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[