From owner-freebsd-stable Fri Oct 1 16:22:16 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from parsons.rh.rit.edu (d116-l055.rh.rit.edu [129.21.116.55]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6E70314E21 for ; Fri, 1 Oct 1999 16:22:13 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mfisher@csh.rit.edu) Received: from mfisher (helo=localhost) by parsons.rh.rit.edu with local-esmtp (Exim 2.12 #1) id 11X7fU-0002Ip-00; Fri, 1 Oct 1999 14:44:32 -0400 Date: Fri, 1 Oct 1999 14:44:31 -0400 (EDT) From: Mike Fisher X-Sender: mfisher@parsons.rh.rit.edu To: The Hermit Hacker Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: rl driver in 3.3-STABLE ... In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG -----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