From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Apr 9 10:20:43 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id KAA26398 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 9 Apr 1996 10:20:43 -0700 (PDT) Received: from lserver.infoworld.com (lserver.infoworld.com [192.216.48.4]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id KAA26392 for ; Tue, 9 Apr 1996 10:20:42 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ccgate.infoworld.com by lserver.infoworld.com with smtp (Smail3.1.29.1 #12) id m0u6hBL-000wuSC; Tue, 9 Apr 96 10:26 PDT Received: from cc:Mail by ccgate.infoworld.com id AA829070379; Tue, 09 Apr 96 09:11:24 PST Date: Tue, 09 Apr 96 09:11:24 PST From: "Brett Glass" Message-Id: <9603098290.AA829070379@ccgate.infoworld.com> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Artisoft AE-3 Ethernet card: How to use large buffer? Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk I'm running FreeBSD on a machine with an Artisoft AE-3 card -- an NE2000 clone with 64K (rather than the usual 16K) of buffer space. How can I get FreeBSD to recognize, and use, this additional space for transmit (and, especially, receive) buffering? The kernel source, which is almost uncommented, suggests that the OS will assume an NE2000-compatible card has 16K of buffering. There's also some conditionaly compiled code having to do with a Gateway Ethernet card. It's not normally compiled in, but it looks as if it *may* test the buffer size. Will the Gateway code enable the use of the full 64K of buffer space? If so, is the code tested and reliable? Finally, if both of the above are true, what is the best way to cause it to be compiled in? Will an "options GWETHER" in the kernel configuration file work? --Brett