Date: Thu, 29 Apr 1999 13:49:55 -0700 (PDT) From: Nicole Harrington <nicole@nmhtech.com> To: "Matthew N. Dodd" <winter@jurai.net> Cc: freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG, Lorenzo Cavassa <Lorenzo.Cavassa@ALPcom.IT> Subject: Re: Gigabit ethernet support? Message-ID: <XFMail.990429134955.nicole@nmhtech.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.02.9904290713100.2158-100000@sasami.jurai.net>
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On 29-Apr-99 My Secret Spies Reported That Matthew N. Dodd wrote: > On Thu, 29 Apr 1999, Lorenzo Cavassa wrote: >> i need some advices about an ( eventually ) gigabit ethernet support in >> FreeBSD 3.x-RELEASE or 3.x-CURRENT: NICs, drivers and so on ( also >> case-studies and/or performance tests ). > > You've got some choice at this point though 1 option is probably a little > unattractive. > > Packet Engines GNIC/GNICII devices. > - Single source (PacketEngines; http://www.packetengines.com/) > - no driver in any FreeBSD source tree. > - 2.2 drivers at ftp://ftp.scl.ameslab.gov/pub/drivers/ > - Webpage at http://www.scl.ameslab.gov/Projects/Gigabit/ > I have been working on a project with the Packet engines devices and I have been disapointed. They have been promising me a more robust driver for their nic card for months now and won't relase any information without an NDA for others (like Bill Paul) to write drivers for them. Their current drivers have known issues. Unless they make some moves, we will likely be moving to Alteon. Nicole > Alteon TIGON 1/TIGON 2 devices. > - Multiple sources. > + Alteon AceNIC (Tigon 1 and Tigon 2) > + 3Com 3c985-SX (Tigon 1 and Tigon 2) > + Netgear GA620 (Tigon 2) > + (others) > - driver in -CURRENT > - 2.2 and 3.0 versions available at > http://www.freebsd.org/~wpaul/Alteon > > Choose wisely. > > -- >| Matthew N. Dodd | 78 280Z | 75 164E | 84 245DL | FreeBSD/NetBSD/Sprite/VMS >| | >| winter@jurai.net | This Space For Rent | ix86,sparc,m68k,pmax,vax >| | >| http://www.jurai.net/~winter | Are you k-rad elite enough for my webpage? >| | > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message |\ __ /| (`\ | o_o |__ ) ) // \\ nicole@nmhtech.com | http://www.webweaver.net/ webmistress@dangermouse.org | http://www.dangermouse.org -------------------------(((---(((----------------------- - Powered by Coka Cola and FreeBSD - - Strong enough for a man - But made for a Woman - - I'm not ADD - I'm just Multithreaded - - Microsoft: What bug would you like today? - ---------------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message
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