From owner-freebsd-net Sun Aug 8 12:45:17 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from scientia.demon.co.uk (scientia.demon.co.uk [212.228.14.13]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9D38A14BE5 for ; Sun, 8 Aug 1999 12:45:06 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ben@scientia.demon.co.uk) Received: from lithium.scientia.demon.co.uk ([192.168.2.2] ident=exim) by scientia.demon.co.uk with esmtp (Exim 3.024 #3) id 11DWmg-0001uZ-00; Sun, 08 Aug 1999 18:30:58 +0100 Received: (from ben) by lithium.scientia.demon.co.uk (Exim 3.024 #3) id 11DWmh-00017Q-00; Sun, 08 Aug 1999 18:30:59 +0100 Date: Sun, 8 Aug 1999 18:30:59 +0100 From: Ben Smithurst To: Shaun Jurrens Cc: freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ed0 or ed1? Message-ID: <19990808183059.A4209@lithium.scientia.demon.co.uk> References: <19990808024626.B372@dakota.shamz.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.4i In-Reply-To: <19990808024626.B372@dakota.shamz.net> Sender: owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Shaun Jurrens wrote: > Ahh, guys, the ed driver is a isa driver. Really? root@magnesium:~# dmesg | grep ed1 ed1: rev 0x00 int a irq 11 on pci0.12.0 ed1: address 00:e0:7d:81:87:27, type NE2000 (16 bit) Maybe it was designed to be an ISA driver, but it certainly supports this PCI card. > Confer with the man page [man 4 ed] You should use the rl driver [rl0 > in this case] If the ed driver works, why should I change? If the rl driver is faster, that's a good enough reason (provided CPU utilization doesn't also go through the roof). I may try rl though, and compare speeds. -- Ben Smithurst | PGP: 0x99392F7D ben@scientia.demon.co.uk | key available from keyservers and | ben+pgp@scientia.demon.co.uk To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message