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Date:      Thu, 4 Jan 2001 01:13:31 -0500
From:      Bill Vermillion <bill@bilver.wjv.com>
To:        freebsd-isp@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: 2 cisco's and a fbsd box running bgp
Message-ID:  <20010104011331.A62078@wjv.com>
In-Reply-To: <XFMail.010103204422.stox@imagescape.com>; from stox@imagescape.com on Wed, Jan 03, 2001 at 08:44:22PM -0600
References:  <20010103202022.A60418@wjv.com> <XFMail.010103204422.stox@imagescape.com>

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On Wed, Jan 03, 2001 at 08:44:22PM -0600, Kenneth P. Stox thus spoke:
> 
> On 04-Jan-01 Bill Vermillion wrote:
> > On Thu, Jan 04, 2001 at 09:58:44AM +1100, Kal Torak thus spoke:
> >> > I had seen the Adaptec board a few places, but it's expensive and I am
> >> > sick of Adaptec lately. 
> > 
> >> I agree with you, but I would also have to say the Adaptec Quad
> >> ethernet card is probably the best on the market atm... Its
> >> 64-bit, the others I have seen are all 32...
> > 
> > Then you have to have a motherboard which supports 64 bit.  More
> > added expense.

> I think the PCI-64 spec requires that the board also function in
> a PCI-32 slot. The driver may not support it, but the hardware
> should.

I saw some 64 PCI's and they surely wouildn't fit in the PC-32 slot
- too many pins.  Or did I see something different.

Bill
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Bill Vermillion -   bv @ wjv . com


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