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Date:      Wed, 28 Nov 2001 23:06:23 EST
From:      Nyteckjobs@aol.com
To:        jlemon@flugsvamp.com
Cc:        freebsd-isp@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Intel gigabit driver 
Message-ID:  <3f.27ef171.29370e3f@aol.com>

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In a message dated 11/28/01 8:33:55 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
jlemon@flugsvamp.com writes:

> >The 'gx' driver was committed so that Jonathan's code would be on
>  >record, since he'd spent so much time and effort on it.  Testing so
>  >far has indicated that the Intel driver is generally superior, but
>  
>  No, sorry.  Testing has shown no such thing; the performance of
>  the drivers is equivalent, or even that gx has a slight edge.
>  
>  
>  >The Intel driver will be the preferred driver for these cards.
>  
>  That still is under discussion.

For the record, the "intel" driver for eepro for Linux is a piece of crap (in 
that it can be locked up on demand), and they seem to have no interest in 
making it bulletproof. So just because Intel provides it doesnt mean its good 
or better than anything else around.

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