Date: Sat, 19 Jul 1997 17:28:39 -0400 (EDT) From: "Paul D. Robertson" <proberts@clark.net> To: Andreas Klemm <andreas@klemm.gtn.com> Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: I am contemplating the following change... Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.91.970719171938.20855G-100000@gargoyle> In-Reply-To: <19970719221428.10703@gtn.com>
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On Sat, 19 Jul 1997, Andreas Klemm wrote:
> Network cards are so inexpensive in nowadays ... I think people
> won't have to use the 8 Bit ones never more. And if you need, you
> can change the values in visual kernel config ...
>
> I think IRQ 5 for network cards is only needed in rare cases.
4 of the last 5 NICs I've purchased have been IRQ5, as well as the last
one that someone gave me.
> IRQ 10 is a more sane default. Or do you all wanna say, that
> most people install FreeBSD without X11 on a 80386 form 1990 ?!
I'd say that most people choose older, cheaper hardware for a home network,
and most people use FreeBSD at home.
> Is FreeBSD turing PC's into workstations or is it only used
> for lamer PC hardware ?!
The first machine I put it on was a 386/25. If not for that, I certainly
wouldn't have purchased a K6 to run FreeBSD on. Yes, the 386 is still
running just fine, 'lamer hardware' that it is.
Paul
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