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To: Greg Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.ORG>
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Subject: Re: VIA chip set "flaws" 
In-reply-to: Your message of "Sun, 30 Dec 2001 11:23:52 +1030."
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Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2001 17:36:20 -0800
From: "Kevin Oberman" <oberman@es.net>
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> Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2001 11:23:52 +1030
> From: Greg Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.ORG>
> Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG
> 
> On Sunday, 30 December 2001 at  9:32:57 +1300, Juha Saarinen wrote:
> > http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/3/23502.html
> 
>   According to tecChannel Via has confirmed the problem, and says it
>   is working on a solution. However it is not clear whether new
>   drivers will be enough, or whether it will need a redesign of the
>   chipsets. There is an unofficial patch produced by George Breese of
>   Networking Resources available here, but as tecChannel says, you use
>   this at your own risk
> 
> That doesn't sound like hardware to me.  Also, I've seen test results
> from sources I respect which show pretty much the opposite.

Greg,

I'm a bit confused by your response. What part of this does not sound
like hardware (all of it)? Test results show the opposite of what? 

R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer
Energy Sciences Network (ESnet)
Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab)
E-mail: oberman@es.net			Phone: +1 510 486-8634

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