From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon May 12 20:04:41 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id UAA24534 for hackers-outgoing; Mon, 12 May 1997 20:04:41 -0700 (PDT) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id UAA24529 for ; Mon, 12 May 1997 20:04:38 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from msmith@localhost) by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.8.5/8.7.3) id MAA13243; Tue, 13 May 1997 12:34:30 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199705130304.MAA13243@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: if_de.c ???? In-Reply-To: from Michael Hancock at "May 13, 97 11:59:01 am" To: michaelh@cet.co.jp (Michael Hancock) Date: Tue, 13 May 1997 12:34:30 +0930 (CST) Cc: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL28 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Michael Hancock stands accused of saying: > On Tue, 13 May 1997, Michael Smith wrote: > > > > Ok found it, http://www.3com.com/0files/products/dsheets/400243.html > > > > > > Transmit/Receive Buffer Memory > > > > > > 8 KB. Partitioned at 4 KB/4 KB and may be partitioned at 5 KB/3 > > > KB, 6 KB/2 KB, or 2 KB/6 KB. > > > > *puke* Still too small to be taken seriously, unless it can busmaster > > the frames across into main memory autonomously. > > It does busmaster. All the current mainstream 3COM, Intel, and DEC cards > look pretty competitive when browsing. The question I had was whether it busmasters _autonomously_, or only on request, ie. do you have to ask it to dump its guts in response to an interrupt, or will it do it every time it gets a frame? > The Intel Server card has a 1MB. Ow, that's more like it 8) -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[