Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2001 22:49:37 -0800 From: Ulf Zimmermann <ulf@Alameda.net> To: bv@wjv.com Cc: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 2 cisco's and a fbsd box running bgp Message-ID: <20010103224937.A2041@PacHell.TelcoSucks.org> In-Reply-To: <20010104011331.A62078@wjv.com>; from bill@wjv.com on Thu, Jan 04, 2001 at 01:13:31AM -0500 References: <20010103202022.A60418@wjv.com> <XFMail.010103204422.stox@imagescape.com> <20010104011331.A62078@wjv.com>
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On Thu, Jan 04, 2001 at 01:13:31AM -0500, Bill Vermillion wrote: > 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. You missed the interruptions between the 32bit part and the extra pins to make it 64bit. If your board is designed correctly it will take 64bit cards, just some pins will hang over the 32bit slot. > > Bill > -- > Bill Vermillion - bv @ wjv . com > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message -- Regards, Ulf. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Ulf Zimmermann, 1525 Pacific Ave., Alameda, CA-94501, #: 510-769-2936 Alameda Networks, Inc. | http://www.Alameda.net | Fax#: 510-521-5073 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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