From owner-freebsd-stable Thu Jun 27 3: 3:57 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from MX3.estpak.ee (ld1.estpak.ee [194.126.101.98]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4FF7837B405 for ; Thu, 27 Jun 2002 03:03:53 -0700 (PDT) Received: from myhakas.estpak.ee (myhakas.estpak.ee [194.126.115.54]) by MX3.estpak.ee (Postfix) with ESMTP id C65EE88005; Thu, 27 Jun 2002 13:03:50 +0300 (EEST) Received: from myhakas.estpak.ee (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by myhakas.estpak.ee (8.12.3/8.12.3) with ESMTP id g5RA3oLd016431; Thu, 27 Jun 2002 13:03:50 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from vallo@myhakas.estpak.ee) Received: (from vallo@localhost) by myhakas.estpak.ee (8.12.3/8.12.3/Submit) id g5RA3las016430; Thu, 27 Jun 2002 13:03:47 +0300 (EEST) Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2002 13:03:47 +0300 From: Vallo Kallaste To: "Philip J. Koenig" Cc: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Good dual port NICs? Message-ID: <20020627100347.GA15983@myhakas.estpak.ee> Reply-To: kalts@estpak.ee Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.0i Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, Jun 25, 2002 at 05:54:54PM -0700, "Philip J. Koenig" wrote: > > On Mon, 24 Jun 2002, Nick Sayer wrote: > > > > > Stay away from the Znyx 4 port ZX346Q. The card is ostensibly 4 'dc' > > > cards, but the dc driver does not properly parse the SROM to figure out > > > what values to poke around for media selection. It's not Znyx's fault. > > > Their SROM is legal per the spec I read, but our driver doesn't obey > > > that spec. > > > > Did you try the Znyx driver they provide on their website? :-) They > > support link failover and other goodies and have been longtime FreeBSD > > supporters. > > > > Doug White | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve > > dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | www.FreeBSD.org > > > Not to mention, they use those in at least some expensive Nokia > firewall boxes (ie IP440 which was $10-12K), which run FreeBSD as the > base OS. Which run IPSO as the base OS, but yes, IPSO is based on FreeBSD. We're having two 4-port Znyx cards in the IP440 and they work well. It would be nice if Nokia will donate the Znyx driver or parts of it for the FreeBSD Project as a goodwill. -- Vallo Kallaste kalts@estpak.ee To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message