From owner-freebsd-current Fri Nov 1 23:34:53 1996 Return-Path: owner-current Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id XAA16525 for current-outgoing; Fri, 1 Nov 1996 23:34:53 -0800 (PST) Received: from dcs.stu.rpi.edu (kdupuis@dcs.stu.rpi.edu [128.113.161.29]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id XAA16493 for ; Fri, 1 Nov 1996 23:34:47 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (kdupuis@localhost) by dcs.stu.rpi.edu (8.7.6/8.7.3) with SMTP id CAA03522 for ; Sat, 2 Nov 1996 02:34:00 -0500 (EST) Date: Sat, 2 Nov 1996 02:34:00 -0500 (EST) From: "Kenneth J. Dupuis" To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 3c590 problem In-Reply-To: <199611012338.AAA24119@uriah.heep.sax.de> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-current@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Sat, 2 Nov 1996, J Wunsch wrote: > > > (I'm not sure what makes you think that a '590 is the only card you can > > > use to sustain that sort of throughput; you could do it with an NE2000...) > > > > There are multiple cards in the machine, and that kind of traffic > > multiplied will kill an ISA bus. Peaks of 1MB/sec are quite common. > > Still no justification for the 3Com one. Re-read Michael's mail: he > suggested you using a DEC-2104[01] based card. In case you don't > know, they are also PCI parts. Actually, I believe I am correct. He suggested a NE2000 card, which is 16-bit ISA, rather than a 3Com 3c590, which is PCI. I do see the point in using a SMC card, which is also PCI like the 3c590, but the NE2000 doesn't "belong" here; it is not PCI. All I'm saying is the cards must be PCI; I don't care what brand, as long as its fast.