Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2006 23:11:30 -0400 From: Skylar Thompson <skylar@cs.earlham.edu> To: Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net> Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: bge(4) and gigabit Message-ID: <44922162.6060709@cs.earlham.edu> In-Reply-To: <4lqu82t2u0p8ol5ih51ad37em2bb6ll52k@4ax.com> References: <20060613164814.GA43973@quark.cs.earlham.edu> <4lqu82t2u0p8ol5ih51ad37em2bb6ll52k@4ax.com>
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