From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Feb 25 16:02:03 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA00947 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Wed, 25 Feb 1998 16:02:03 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from allegro.lemis.com (allegro.lemis.com [192.109.197.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA00791 for ; Wed, 25 Feb 1998 16:01:28 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from grog@lemis.com) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (freebie.lemis.com [192.109.197.137]) by allegro.lemis.com (8.8.7/8.8.5) with ESMTP id KAA11815; Thu, 26 Feb 1998 10:31:13 +1030 (CST) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.8.8/8.8.7) id KAA01831; Thu, 26 Feb 1998 10:31:13 +1030 (CST) (envelope-from grog) Message-ID: <19980226103112.06628@freebie.lemis.com> Date: Thu, 26 Feb 1998 10:31:12 +1030 From: Greg Lehey To: John Kelly Cc: Chris Dillon , Adam Turoff , hackers , Robert Glover Subject: Re: Token Ring for FreeBSD yet? References: <34F37C2A@smginc.com> <19980225122411.62329@freebie.lemis.com> <34f4b8d8.6646364@mail.cetlink.net> <19980226083615.55804@freebie.lemis.com> <34f4b362.667778@mail.cetlink.net> <19980226095941.45367@freebie.lemis.com> <34f5bbff.2870764@mail.cetlink.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.89i In-Reply-To: <34f5bbff.2870764@mail.cetlink.net>; from John Kelly on Thu, Feb 26, 1998 at 12:54:56AM +0000 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, 26 February 1998 at 0:54:56 +0000, John Kelly wrote: > On Thu, 26 Feb 1998 09:59:41 +1030, Greg Lehey wrote: > >> Without stating the test conditions, the figure of 7 Mb/s is >> meaningless. > > I don't think so. It corroborates what common sense tells me. > >>> Why not read his report instead of throwing stones? >> >> Did you publish a URL? > > AFAIK, it's not on the web. It was in Data Communications magazine > several years ago. I no longer have the issue but it's sure to be > available in a good library. > >> In any case, I wasn't so much complaining about the report as picking >> an unqualified value from it. > > He's not the only one saying it. But I've never heard anyone take > your position before. Do you have an axe to grind? No. I think you're missing the point. I don't know how to explain in any more detail than I already have. Greg To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message