Date: Fri, 16 Apr 1999 15:25:32 -0700 From: "Kevin J. Rowett" <krowett@rowett.org> To: Jim Shankland <jas@flyingfox.com> Cc: isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: freebsd used in routers? Message-ID: <4.2.0.32.19990416152116.00ac4e90@rowett.org> In-Reply-To: <199904162314.QAA24560@biggusdiskus.flyingfox.com> References: <58953.924300394@verdi.nethelp.no>
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At 04:14 PM 4/16/99 , you wrote: >The world cries out for a nice, quad-82558 card for < $300. >So far, the world cries out in vain. The architecture of PCI slots and the 82558/9 makes that a difficult proposition. The 82558 has a PCI interface built into it. Putting four on a PCI slot card requires a PCI bridge chip on the slot card. This makes the price target hard to reach. KR To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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