From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Mar 8 13: 4: 0 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from odin.ac.hmc.edu (Odin.AC.HMC.Edu [134.173.32.75]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BF6BC37B719 for ; Thu, 8 Mar 2001 13:03:57 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from brdavis@odin.ac.hmc.edu) Received: (from brdavis@localhost) by odin.ac.hmc.edu (8.11.0/8.11.0) id f28L3mI27539; Thu, 8 Mar 2001 13:03:48 -0800 Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2001 13:03:48 -0800 From: Brooks Davis To: Greg Skouby Cc: Dennis , hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: if_fxp - the real point Message-ID: <20010308130348.C23640@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu> References: <5.0.0.25.0.20010308120015.01ee2eb0@mail.etinc.com> <20010308151156.A92103@sitesnow.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-md5; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="ABTtc+pdwF7KHXCz" Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2i In-Reply-To: <20010308151156.A92103@sitesnow.com>; from gskouby@sitesnow.com on Thu, Mar 08, 2001 at 03:11:56PM -0500 Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG --ABTtc+pdwF7KHXCz Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Mar 08, 2001 at 03:11:56PM -0500, Greg Skouby wrote: > I know this doesn't belong on -hackers so I apologize in advance. However, > it seems like the right time and place to ask with the conversation going > on. How *broke* is the if_fxp driver? We have them onboard in a handful > of pretty low traffic dell machines and have them in a dell machine=20 > that pushes a Mb/sec with absolutely no problems at all. So what exactly > are you advocating Dennis? Should we avoid them at all costs and go with > something else or just use them and hope they don't break? If they work for you then the primary problem Dennis is complaining about doesn't effect you since you have a supported PHYs. Frankly, if you're NIC is doing what you want don't worry about it. If it becomes a problem, the most expensive 10/100 nic you could possiably buy is less the $100 bucks so worry about it then. -- Brooks --=20 Any statement of the form "X is the one, true Y" is FALSE. PGP fingerprint 655D 519C 26A7 82E7 2529 9BF0 5D8E 8BE9 F238 1AD4 --ABTtc+pdwF7KHXCz Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.4 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE6p/OzXY6L6fI4GtQRArzPAJ0QW95QODksPt57dgJqm+wFlPu+nwCgmLmQ eWVxmo5WHcE3iuFpFD2c6KY= =Ii8X -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --ABTtc+pdwF7KHXCz-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message