From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Oct 17 19:09:37 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4AD4116A4CE for ; Sun, 17 Oct 2004 19:09:37 +0000 (GMT) Received: from dnsmail1.ior.navy.mil (nocb.ior.navy.mil [205.56.210.195]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E352D43D45 for ; Sun, 17 Oct 2004 19:09:32 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from JohnsoBS@vicksburg.navy.mil) Received: from cg69ubd01.vicksburg.navy.mil ([205.95.65.21]) i9HJ9CHl021108; Sun, 17 Oct 2004 19:09:18 GMT Received: by CG69UBD01 with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2657.72) id <4QZ74X8R>; Sun, 17 Oct 2004 22:12:33 +0300 Message-ID: From: JohnsoBS@vicksburg.navy.mil To: TM4525@aol.com, racerx@makeworld.com Date: Sun, 17 Oct 2004 22:12:28 +0300 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2657.72) cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: The release of 5.3 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 17 Oct 2004 19:09:37 -0000 > -----Original Message----- > From: TM4525@aol.com [mailto:TM4525@aol.com] > Sent: Sunday, October 17, 2004 8:41 PM > To: racerx@makeworld.com > Cc: questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: The release of 5.3 > > > > I don't see how they can possible consider the "Release" of > an O/S version > when perhaps the most widely-available NIC (em) doesn't work. Um, what the hell. em the most widely used? I hardly would consider the gigabit eth driver most intel chips the most widely used. rl, ed, fxp by far seem to be the majority of the share I have observed. In fact, I didn't even know the em driver till you mentioned it. Being a network admin and dealing with many and various machines, I see quite a few nics. And as long as the cards work under project-evil which I have heard a feeling they (correct me if I am wrong please so I can update my own list of known to work hardware), seems fair enough to go to release.