Date: Thu, 26 Feb 1998 00:14:57 +0000 From: freebsd@isvara.net To: FreeBSD Hackers <hackers@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: "Best" Fast Ethernet Card Message-ID: <34F4B400.4A93CDE1@challenge.isvara.net> References: <199802252256.OAA14216@implode.root.com>
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David Greenman wrote: > >What's the difference between the REV A and REV B boards? > > The A boards use a different NIC and are not supported. There is no 'A' chipset. There is Vortex (3c509), Boomerang (3c905) and Cyclone (3c905B). > The 3Com 3c905 driver in FreeBSD uses the card in compatibility mode (non- > DMA programmed I/O) and is thus the slowest/highest overhead board that we > support. This is an issue with the driver fortunately, so it is possible to solve this with some new code. Seen as ethernet card support is quite a core server thing, it would be great for a better driver to be written. All is told in the tech docs available freely from Terry Murphy at 3com. > _____________________________________ Daniel J Blueman BSc Computation, UMIST, Manchester Email: blue@challenge.isvara.net Web: http://www.challenge.isvara.net/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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