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Date:      Tue, 01 Jun 1999 17:53:17 -0400
From:      Dennis <dennis@etinc.com>
To:        Alexander Maret <maret@axis.de>, "'Nick Hibma'" <nick.hibma@jrc.it>
Cc:        "'hackers@freebsd.org'" <hackers@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   RE: xl driver for 3Com 
Message-ID:  <199906012257.SAA25604@etinc.com>
In-Reply-To: <91DA20EC3C3DD211833400A0245A4EA9BA0E5B@erlangen01.axis.de>

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>> The discussion started with a remark about the fact that 3Com 
>> cards have
>> problems under load, without a backing of that statement. That is the
>> thing that made people trip over. It is a statement that is not the
>> least helpful for anyone on the hackers mailing list and will not
>> trigger help from anyone, apart from responses from people being
>> frustrated about not being able to help (sounds silly but it is
>> true, their puppy is being attacked without them being able to
>> respond).

If it "had no backing" then how could it be a "fact"? 

replacing the cards with intels and having the problem go away is backing.
It may not be *useful*, but it is backing.

Dennis



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