From owner-freebsd-net Fri Nov 20 11:48:31 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id LAA08272 for freebsd-net-outgoing; Fri, 20 Nov 1998 11:48:31 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from friley-185-114.res.iastate.edu (friley-185-114.res.iastate.edu [129.186.185.114]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id LAA08265 for ; Fri, 20 Nov 1998 11:48:29 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from ccsanady@friley-185-114.res.iastate.edu) Received: from friley-185-114.res.iastate.edu (loopback [127.0.0.1]) by friley-185-114.res.iastate.edu (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id NAA02754; Fri, 20 Nov 1998 13:47:51 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from ccsanady@friley-185-114.res.iastate.edu) Message-Id: <199811201947.NAA02754@friley-185-114.res.iastate.edu> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: Graeme Brown cc: "FreeBSD-Net (FreeBSD.Org) List" Subject: Re: FreeBSD Driver for G-NIC II Gigabit Ethernet card In-reply-to: Your message of "20 Nov 1998 16:10:56 +0100." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1998 13:47:50 -0600 From: Chris Csanady Sender: owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org >Folks > >The Packet Engines G-NIC II Gigabit Ethernet card >(http://www.packetengines.com/products/gnic/default.htm) >is suppose to >have a FreeBSD driver but according to Packet Engines web site >this driver is not available from a third party and is not shipped >with the card. > >Does anyone on the list know of a source for this driver ? Take a look at ftp.scl.ameslab.gov:/pub/drivers/pe-gnic2.tar.gz. It is a very alpha driver, although I have seen fairly decent performance from it. Currently, some of the performance features are disabled, so you can expect it to get better as well. Chris To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message