Date: Mon, 21 Jul 1997 14:35:09 +0200 (DFT) From: Dermot McNally <dermot@sissdev.sps.mot.com> To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG, "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@FreeBSD.ORG>, dg@root.com Subject: Re: I am contemplating the following change... Message-ID: <XFMail.970721143729.dermot@sissdev.sps.mot.com> In-Reply-To: <21008.869326490@time.cdrom.com>
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On 19-Jul-97 Jordan K. Hubbard wrote:
>It's far more common in the 8 bit cards, yes. I would, however,
>hypothesize that the 16 bit cards have now (or will very shortly)
>outnumber the legacy equipment. I do know that I've certainly
>received a considerable amount of negative feedback over the choice of
>5 ("5?! Who uses that anymore? 10! The default value should be
>10! What are you guys thinking?!") :-)
>
>How does the "user base" feel about this?
10, every time. Or 11 if you really want to, but not 5 and
certainly not 3, for the very good reasons already pointed out. I
would guess that anyone who still uses an 8-bit network card has been
long enough at this game to know how to tweak the default value.
Dermot
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Dermot McNally, Motorola EMEA CCS, Muenchen
dermot@sissdev.sps.mot.com, phone +49-89-92103 648
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