From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Mar 9 17:48:42 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA00320 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Mon, 9 Mar 1998 17:48:42 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from implode.root.com (implode.root.com [198.145.90.17]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id RAA00229 for ; Mon, 9 Mar 1998 17:48:28 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from root@implode.root.com) Received: from implode.root.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by implode.root.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id RAA12732; Mon, 9 Mar 1998 17:44:38 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <199803100144.RAA12732@implode.root.com> To: Snob Art Genre cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: YA EtherExpress? In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 09 Mar 1998 17:58:07 EST." From: David Greenman Reply-To: dg@root.com Date: Mon, 09 Mar 1998 17:44:38 -0800 Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG >While I was searching for information on fast ethernet (specifically, >whether it's always switched, or can be shared), I came across the >following: > > The EtherExpress PRO/100 Smart Adapter is an intelligent server card > for Fast Ethernet networks. The PRO/100 Smart Adapter comes with an > on-board Intel i960 processor that offloads the host CPU and delivers > even lower CPU utilization and faster throughput than the standard > PRO/100 Adapters. The PRO/100 Adapters has a PCI bus and a NetWare > driver co-developed by Intel and Novell for optimal performance. > > Price: $895 > Version: PILA8485 > >Has anyone heard of this? Is there any point to it? Does FreeBSD >support it? Yes, probably not, no. :-) -DG David Greenman Core-team/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message