Date: Tue, 06 May 1997 18:39:55 -0400 From: dennis <dennis@etinc.com> To: "Russell L. Carter" <rcarter@consys.com> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: if_de.c ???? Message-ID: <3.0.32.19970506183952.00bdb300@etinc.com>
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At 03:12 PM 5/6/97 -0700, you wrote: >> >> While I rarely agree with dennis, he's dead on with this one. I bought >> 30-40 de cards for my 25 or so servers, now only to find it apparently a >> dead-end driver, and the Intel card being the card-de-jour (or however >> that's spelled). >> >> And so I'll start purchasing intel cards, and 8 months from now, the >> Novell NE2000 cards will be the hot card to have. > > >It *is* a (mostly?) volunteer effort, and it appears from here in >the cheap seats that Matt got irritated at something or another, and no >longer desires to keep de current, for whatever reason. The thing >I don't understand is why the cold shoulder given to the 211xxx >cards by Jordan and DG, among others. So what if the cpu utilization >is higher? These nics are cheap, and not sole source, IMHO a >real *good* thing. Maybe whoever they have that secret "deal" with that they were sort of telling us about in a recent thread doesnt use the de cards? Just a guess. db
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