Date: Fri, 1 Oct 1999 14:44:31 -0400 (EDT) From: Mike Fisher <mfisher@csh.rit.edu> To: The Hermit Hacker <scrappy@hub.org> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: rl driver in 3.3-STABLE ... Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9910011440590.409-100000@parsons.rh.rit.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9910011501200.338-100000@thelab.hub.org>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, 1 Oct 1999, The Hermit Hacker wrote: > Anyone know of any problems with it? One of my colleages recently moved > from Windows -> FreeBSD (with not too much urging), but ever since the > move, he has to 'ifconfig rl0 down; ifconfig rl0 up' at least once a day, > which he's finding quite annoying :( > Ideas:? Mine works fine. However, the comments in the if_rl.c file are pretty disparaging: * The RealTek 8139 PCI NIC redefines the meaning of 'low end.' This is * probably the worst PCI ethernet controller ever made, with the possible * exception of the FEAST chip made by SMC. The 8139 supports bus-master * DMA, but it has a terrible interface that nullifies any performance * gains that bus-master DMA usually offers. Might want to suggest that he get a new NIC. - -- Mike "Live for yourself -- there's no one else more worth living for." -- Rush -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP for Personal Privacy 5.0i Comment: Charset: noconv iQA/AwUBN/UBEANoiUfuQq8NEQImqwCg+fg2c1c+epWafqsFgbhZ8/e1GDEAmwcx WT/zmHDRxBTl6m+hZOTqR9DY =B5Te -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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