Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2013 19:40:29 -0700 (MST) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: John Nielsen <lists@jnielsen.net> Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org, "Ronald F. Guilmette" <rfg@tristatelogic.com> Subject: Re: Question: Why ain't I getting gigabit speed? Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1302121939160.39486@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <C8583AD0-9D65-476C-8416-A6B952679A0E@jnielsen.net> References: <8112.1360454540@tristatelogic.com> <C8583AD0-9D65-476C-8416-A6B952679A0E@jnielsen.net>
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On Tue, 12 Feb 2013, John Nielsen wrote: > On Feb 9, 2013, at 5:02 PM, Ronald F. Guilmette <rfg@tristatelogic.com> wrote: > >> P.S. While I appreciate all the friendly advice people here have given >> me, i.e. to go with a card based around some non-Realtek chip, I have to >> say that up until now I have always and consistantly had -zero- problems >> with the many other Realtek-based 10/100 cards that I have owned and used. > > A bit OT, but I would say that this is _because_ of the FreeBSD driver > (rl, also by Bill Paul). Some of the hardware deficiencies documented > in the manpage and in comments in the if_rl.c are almost comical.. Yes, although those rl(4) cards are rare now. The newer re(4) cards are better, and built into many motherboards.
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