From owner-freebsd-hardware Sat Feb 24 07:44:56 1996 Return-Path: owner-hardware Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id HAA12040 for hardware-outgoing; Sat, 24 Feb 1996 07:44:56 -0800 (PST) Received: from ibp.ibp.fr (ibp.ibp.fr [132.227.60.30]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id HAA12028 for ; Sat, 24 Feb 1996 07:44:50 -0800 (PST) Received: from blaise.ibp.fr (blaise.ibp.fr [132.227.60.1]) by ibp.ibp.fr (8.6.12/jtpda-5.0) with ESMTP id QAA16249 ; Sat, 24 Feb 1996 16:44:12 +0100 Received: from (uucp@localhost) by blaise.ibp.fr (8.6.12/jtpda-5.0) with UUCP id QAA21576 ; Sat, 24 Feb 1996 16:44:11 +0100 Received: (from roberto@localhost) by keltia.freenix.fr (8.7.3/keltia-uucp-2.7) id OAA23913; Sat, 24 Feb 1996 14:16:11 +0100 (MET) From: Ollivier Robert Message-Id: <199602241316.OAA23913@keltia.freenix.fr> Subject: Re: 3COM 509 NICs To: narvi@haldjas.folklore.ee (Narvi) Date: Sat, 24 Feb 1996 14:16:11 +0100 (MET) Cc: hardware@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: from Narvi at "Feb 24, 96 01:44:49 pm" X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 2.2-CURRENT ctm#1688 X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL7 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk It seems that Narvi said: > only one who has used FreeBSD round here, he asked me. So, can > anyone point out any troubles I will immedeately fall into? Will It'd be better to use the -CURRENT driver. It does support multicast and has a number of fixes. > the 3COM cards give any performance gains over NE2000 compatibles > (there is that unresolved reference to buggyness)? They will be faster than the NE2000. The reference should probably go away in the FAQ. -- Ollivier ROBERT -=- The daemon is FREE! -=- roberto@keltia.frmug.fr.net FreeBSD keltia.freenix.fr 2.2-CURRENT #1: Tue Feb 20 01:16:51 MET 1996