From owner-freebsd-hardware Thu Jul 24 22:35:05 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id WAA15465 for hardware-outgoing; Thu, 24 Jul 1997 22:35:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: from sabre.goldsword.com (sabre.goldsword.com [199.170.202.32]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id WAA15449 for ; Thu, 24 Jul 1997 22:34:59 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from jfarmer@localhost) by sabre.goldsword.com (8.7.5/8.7.3) id BAA19496; Fri, 25 Jul 1997 01:38:13 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 25 Jul 1997 01:38:13 -0400 (EDT) From: "John T. Farmer" Message-Id: <199707250538.BAA19496@sabre.goldsword.com> To: hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: SMC Etherpower II issues Cc: jfarmer@goldsword.com Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jul 24 13:08:51 1997 On Thu, 24 Jul 1997 09:04:54 -0700 (PDT) Ronald L. McDaniels said: >I have one of the little suckers in my hand as I type... 83C170QF. Too bad >there isn't a FreeBSD driver (and from all I have heard, one is not in the >works), my client would have bought a bunch of them (SMC - are you listening?). >FreeBSD probably is not at the same priority at SMC as gates'97, gatesNT or >even gates3.11 but if I were an aspiring network interface supplier, I think I >would have considered all the potential customers, such as those that >multi-boot systems that have both FreeBSD and gatesWare (or OS2, for that >matter). Maybe SMC's attempt to gain independence from DEC compatability and >establish their own market niche will backfire. > >Ronald L. McDaniels > Trilobyte, Inc. > >"Not, not *that* Trilobyte" Is this the SMC 9432 or the 8432 cards? I have 3 new FreeBSD servers that I was about to order SMC cards for. (The 7 Win95 boxes for another project can live with the SMC8416's just fine...) If SMC isn't the preferred FreeBSD PCI ethernet card now, what's a good choice for servers? John (Who needs to order some cards...) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- John T. Farmer Proprietor, GoldSword Systems jfarmer@goldsword.com Public Internet Access in East Tennessee dial-in (423)470-9953 for info, e-mail to info@goldsword.com Network Design, Internet Services & Servers, Consulting