Date: Thu, 23 Dec 1999 00:40:44 -0600 From: Jonathan Lemon <jlemon@americantv.com> To: Bill Paul <wpaul@skynet.ctr.columbia.edu> Cc: Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com>, julian@whistle.com, scottm@CS.UCLA.EDU, brad@shub-internet.org, jabley@patho.gen.nz, phk@critter.freebsd.dk, wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Woa! May have found something - 'rl' driver and small packets (was Re: Odd TCP glitches in new currents) Message-ID: <19991223004044.56379@right.PCS> In-Reply-To: <199912230641.BAA10453@skynet.ctr.columbia.edu>; from Bill Paul on Dec 12, 1999 at 01:41:04AM -0500 References: <199912230618.WAA16656@apollo.backplane.com> <199912230641.BAA10453@skynet.ctr.columbia.edu>
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On Dec 12, 1999 at 01:41:04AM -0500, Bill Paul wrote: > Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, Matthew Dillon > had to walk into mine and say: > > > I'm adding Bill Paul to the list specifically. > > > > Hmm. Now this is odd! I think I may have found something! > > > > All of my 'rl' driver cards fail this test: > > Oh sure. Bet the farm on the absolute worst NIC on the whole damn planet, > why don't you. Sorry, but I can't resist quoting this: /* * The RealTek 8139 PCI NIC redefines the meaning of 'low end.' This is * probably the worst PCI ethernet controller ever made, with the possible * exception of the FEAST chip made by SMC. */ -- Jonathan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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