From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Mar 26 5:39: 2 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from noc.demon.net (server.noc.demon.net [193.195.224.4]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 01D7E14E8C for ; Fri, 26 Mar 1999 05:39:00 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from fanf@demon.net) Received: by noc.demon.net; id NAA17375; Fri, 26 Mar 1999 13:38:41 GMT Received: from fanf.noc.demon.net(195.11.55.83) by inside.noc.demon.net via smap (3.2) id xmab17358; Fri, 26 Mar 99 13:38:40 GMT Received: from fanf by fanf.noc.demon.net with local (Exim 1.73 #2) id 10QWoq-0003mb-00; Fri, 26 Mar 1999 13:38:40 +0000 To: hackers@freebsd.org From: Tony Finch Subject: Re: Gigabit ethernet -- what am I doing wrong? In-Reply-To: <199903220200.SAA02330@dingo.cdrom.com> References: <199903220058.TAA17538@etinc.com> Message-Id: Date: Fri, 26 Mar 1999 13:38:40 +0000 Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Mike Smith wrote: >> At 12:13 PM 3/21/99 -0800, you wrote: >> > >> >Does anyone know when the faster PCI busses (64bits or 66MHz PCI >> >clock rate) are going to be availabe ? >> >> The "availability" of 66Mhz busses is almost moot. Making ASICs >> work at 33mhz is a chore....66mhz is a waze off. > >That's close, but several of the major ASIC vendors were (or were >claiming to be) sampling devices with 66MHz PCI macrocells the last >time I looked. Aren't the electrical requirements on motherboards at least as problematic as the availability of ASICs? Tony. -- f.a.n.finch dot@dotat.at fanf@demon.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message