Date: Fri, 02 Feb 2001 09:39:19 +0100 From: Arjan Knepper <arjan@jak.nl> To: hackers FreeBSD <freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Realtek card support Message-ID: <3A7A7237.B1C8D34@jak.nl>
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I'm using a PCMCIA CARDBUS version of the card in -CURRENT whitout any problems sofar. I don't have experience with the PCI or ISA versions of Realtec. I prefer the Intel E100B and the 3COM 3C905B PCI boards. "Koster, K.J." wrote: > Dear All, > > > > > I usually don't recommend the 8139/29 for anything that is > > expected to work consistently. The cards work alright, but > > I prefer to stick to Digital or Intel based NICs for > > important tasks. > > > While it's obviously well established that these cards should be used as > doorstops (and they would even suck at that) my idea was that there may be > someone out there who can make the driver at least not hang up the line. > Force it hard to 10mbit, or even reset the card for each and every packet > sent, fork the code for this chip into src/pci/if_sucks.c, but at least make > it work. > > I don't intent to use this brand for anything but toilet paper, but I keep > running into people who have these cards. If people in the store and have to > choose between a us$20 realtek and a us$100 3com they go for the realtek. > Right now we're sending them back to the store to spend the extra us$80. I'd > find the person who'd make the driver work around this card a hero. > > Kees Jan > > ================================================ > You are only young once, > but you can stay immature all your life. > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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