From owner-freebsd-current Thu May 7 16:44:35 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA03585 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Thu, 7 May 1998 16:44:35 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from Kitten.mcs.com (Kitten.mcs.com [192.160.127.90]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA03532 for ; Thu, 7 May 1998 16:44:19 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from karl@Mars.mcs.net) Received: from Mars.mcs.net (karl@Mars.mcs.net [192.160.127.85]) by Kitten.mcs.com (8.8.7/8.8.2) with ESMTP id SAA12585; Thu, 7 May 1998 18:44:19 -0500 (CDT) Received: (from karl@localhost) by Mars.mcs.net (8.8.7/8.8.2) id SAA05333; Thu, 7 May 1998 18:44:18 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <19980507184418.07847@mcs.net> Date: Thu, 7 May 1998 18:44:18 -0500 From: Karl Denninger To: "Dan Ts'o" Cc: Snob Art Genre , freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Intel Etherexpress PRO/100+ PCI References: <199805072131.RAA16674@dna.rockefeller.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.84 In-Reply-To: <199805072131.RAA16674@dna.rockefeller.edu>; from Dan Ts'o on Thu, May 07, 1998 at 05:31:42PM -0400 Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, May 07, 1998 at 05:31:42PM -0400, Dan Ts'o wrote: > > As I understand it, the PRO/100+ is just a PRO/100B, but fabricated > > differently -- they figured out how to do it with one less chip. But > > the interface is the same. > > An Intel support engineer told me that, although very similar, the > Pro/100+ and Pro/100B are not identical at the software/driver level and > that minor changes would probably be necessary to fully support the Pro/100+. > He said that (at the time), since the Pro/100B was still on the market that > if I was concerned, I should get the Pro/100B instead to avoid problems. Bullshit. I have Pro/100+s (I bought a BOX of them due to problems with autonegotiation on the newer SMC cards) and they work spendidly. -- -- Karl Denninger (karl@MCS.Net)| MCSNet - Serving Chicagoland and Wisconsin http://www.mcs.net/ | T1's from $600 monthly / All Lines K56Flex/DOV | NEW! Corporate ISDN Prices dropped by up to 50%! Voice: [+1 312 803-MCS1 x219]| EXCLUSIVE NEW FEATURE ON ALL PERSONAL ACCOUNTS Fax: [+1 312 803-4929] | *SPAMBLOCK* Technology now included at no cost To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message