From owner-freebsd-stable Thu Feb 17 13:36:36 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from evil.2y.net (port-9-153.adsl.one.net [209.50.121.153]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DC31537B811 for ; Thu, 17 Feb 2000 13:36:32 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from cokane@evil.2y.net) Received: (from cokane@localhost) by evil.2y.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) id QAA11311; Thu, 17 Feb 2000 16:39:34 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from cokane) Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2000 16:39:34 -0500 From: Coleman Kane To: Mikhail Teterin Cc: Omachonu Ogali , stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: xl0 packet dropping, still Message-ID: <20000217163934.A11257@evil.2y.net> References: <200002171632.LAA07138@rtfm.newton> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-md5; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="Qxx1br4bt0+wmkIi" X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: <200002171632.LAA07138@rtfm.newton>; from mi@kot.ne.mediaone.net on Thu, Feb 17, 2000 at 11:35:03AM -0500 X-Vim: vim:tw=70:ts=4:sw=4 Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG --Qxx1br4bt0+wmkIi Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Well, I do have an AMD based machine, but I don't see how the problem could possibly manifest itself to AMD based machines. There is no hw on the card = that takes advantage of any Intel-only stuff. In fact, the 3Com cards are used in non-x86 boxes sometimes. FWIW, I know enough about CompUSA not to believe w= hat those guys say. I have seen to many dumb responses to queries. Once, one of= them told a customer that he could probably use EDO ram in his 486, but that it wouldn't take advantage of the EDO-ness. In fact, this is a very dangerous = thing to do, and in some cases can fry your poor 486 mobo's cache. Needless to sa= y, I 1-up'd him. --cokane Mikhail Teterin had the audacity to say: >=20 > Omachonu Ogali once stated: >=20 > =3DI had problems with the xl0 devices dropping packets and timing out, so > =3DI reverted to using an Intel EtherExpress Pro/100 (fxp0). >=20 > FWIW, a CompUSA clerk told me, those don't work well in, say, AMD > based machines... >=20 > -mi >=20 --Qxx1br4bt0+wmkIi Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.0 (FreeBSD) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE4rGqWERViMObJ880RASpDAJ4+DoSPxt0GZSRM3TbvnXBxSYN6JwCg19CK YcXOBXCqGNG67CxnFpfPquI= =5JuO -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Qxx1br4bt0+wmkIi-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message