Date: Tue, 11 May 1999 18:43:57 +0200 (MET DST) From: Nick Hibma <nick.hibma@jrc.it> To: Bill Paul <wpaul@skynet.ctr.columbia.edu> Cc: stable@freebsd.org, FreeBSD current mailing list <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Feedback on new drivers (was: Re: Anybody actually using gigabit ethernet?) Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.3.95q.990511181939.3681v-100000@elect8> In-Reply-To: <199905111614.MAA25904@skynet.ctr.columbia.edu>
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There should be a more general mechanism for this. I have the same problem with the USB stuff. 100+ people on the usb-bsd mailing list and only answers to directed questions. What about, like 'HEADS-UP', a 'FEEDBACK: <drivername>' message that should invite people to send 'it works' messages. And maybe provide a template of commands to cut and paste. Something like: (echo it works for me uname -a ident <source code for driver> dmesg | grep '^<drivername>' ) | mail -s "<drivername>" person@address assuming that people are too lazy to type things in themselves. Cheers, Nick On Tue, 11 May 1999, Bill Paul wrote: > I'm wondering if anybody out there has actually done any experimentation > with gigabit ethernet boards using the Alteon Tigon driver. I know that > it works on my hardware, but it's nice to actually have some feedback > from people so that I know if it's actually working worth a damn. So > far I have not heard a peep out of anybody, other than a couple of people > who were nice enough to help out with some driver testing, and that > was months ago. > > I usually consider this a good thing, because it means that at least > nobody is complaining. But when people ask me "hey Bill, how well do > these boards work with FreeBSD?" all I can tell them is that they seem > to work okay in my limited test environment. This does not exactly > provide a lot of motivation to go out and buy some gigabit ethernet > cards. > > Also, I only have access to a limited selection of cards (I have a 3Com > and a Netgear board, and others have tested AceNIC boards) so I don't > know for sure if some of the ones that I claim to support actually > work. (I don't have any reason to believe they won't, but Murphy's > Law applies.) I also don't have access to a gigabit switch, so my > testing is limited to blasting traffic between two hosts through a > fiber patch. > > So, if anybody is actually using a Tigon-based gigabit board with > STABLE or CURRENT, let me know. Is it working reliably? Is performance > good? Is it bad? Inquiring minds want to know. > > -Bill > > -- > ============================================================================= > -Bill Paul (212) 854-6020 | System Manager, Master of Unix-Fu > Work: wpaul@ctr.columbia.edu | Center for Telecommunications Research > Home: wpaul@skynet.ctr.columbia.edu | Columbia University, New York City > ============================================================================= > "It is not I who am crazy; it is I who am mad!" - Ren Hoek, "Space Madness" > ============================================================================= > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message > > -- ISIS/STA, T.P.270, Joint Research Centre, 21020 Ispra, Italy To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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