From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Aug 25 21:04:54 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7EBF2106566C for ; Thu, 25 Aug 2011 21:04:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jerry@seibercom.net) Received: from mail-qw0-f54.google.com (mail-qw0-f54.google.com [209.85.216.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 317638FC0C for ; Thu, 25 Aug 2011 21:04:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: by qwc9 with SMTP id 9so2158487qwc.13 for ; Thu, 25 Aug 2011 14:04:53 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.229.251.134 with SMTP id ms6mr300612qcb.158.1314306293251; Thu, 25 Aug 2011 14:04:53 -0700 (PDT) Received: from scorpio.seibercom.net (twdp-174-109-142-001.nc.res.rr.com [174.109.142.1]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id h16sm602307qct.44.2011.08.25.14.04.51 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Thu, 25 Aug 2011 14:04:52 -0700 (PDT) Received: from scorpio (zeus [192.168.1.1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: jerry@scorpio.seibercom.net) by scorpio.seibercom.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 3RlJ0y4Zd6z2CG4y for ; Thu, 25 Aug 2011 17:04:50 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2011 17:04:50 -0400 From: Jerry To: FreeBSD Message-ID: <20110825170450.20ab1894@scorpio> In-Reply-To: References: Organization: seibercom.net X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.9 (GTK+ 2.24.5; amd64-portbld-freebsd8.2) Face: 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 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Subject: Re: Support for Bigfoot Killer E2100? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: FreeBSD List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2011 21:04:54 -0000 On Thu, 25 Aug 2011 15:12:05 -0500 Mark Felder articulated: > On Thu, 25 Aug 2011 14:41:50 -0500, Dennis Glatting > wrote: > > > A number of motherboards (e.g., GigaByte Guerrilla and Sniper) are > > sporting a "BIGFOOT Killer E2100" chip, which is also the board's > > Ethernet. Does FreeBSD support this chipset? Anyone tried it? > > It's a "new" chipset so it likely has no drivers. In Windows it's > supposed to > "bypass" the Windows TCP/IP stack. Either way it's a scam. Don't buy > anything > that incorporates BIGFOOT products. It might prove beneficial if you actually took the time to state exactly why you consider it a "scam". I found numerous articles describing this device. One such site: http://www.examiner.com/pc-game-in-national/bigfoot-killer-2100-review-review In any case, the OP can check out this URL for more precise information: http://www.bigfootnetworks.com/killer-2100/ I think it is rather clear that this is not in all probability going to work on a non-windows OS. Nothing surprising there. As Willie Sutton so prominently stated, "Go where the money is... and go there often." I wouldn't want to hold my breath waiting for a driver either. In any case, its your money. -- Jerry ✌ jerry+fbsd@seibercom.net Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or ignored. Do not CC this poster. Please do not ignore the "Reply-To" header. http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html