Date: Thu, 29 Apr 1999 17:20:32 -0400 (EDT) From: "Matthew N. Dodd" <winter@jurai.net> To: Nicole Harrington <nicole@nmhtech.com> Cc: freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG, Lorenzo Cavassa <Lorenzo.Cavassa@ALPcom.IT> Subject: Re: Gigabit ethernet support? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.02.9904291718370.2158-100000@sasami.jurai.net> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.990429134955.nicole@nmhtech.com>
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On Thu, 29 Apr 1999, Nicole Harrington wrote: > 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. You might tell them that SysKonnect is negotiating the release of programming information for their gigabit ethernet cards. Packet Engines stands to lose the NIC market even though they had the first shipping product. If you'd like to send me your contact information I'd be glad to go around a few times with them. -- | 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
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